{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"A \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments swept Latin America in the early 2000s.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe advance of left-wing, progressive parties in Latin America is driven by the mismanagement of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the failure of right-wing populism in the region, writes Valesca Lima\\n\\nIn the 2000s, a wave of left-wing electoral success swept Latin America, with a varied and complex turn to more progressive economic or social policies. This involved greater social spending, contradictory neoliberal reforms and, in some places, radical socialism.\\n\\nIn the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide, in clear reaction to the advances of progressives, and the right has dominated politics in the region for the past decade. But left-wing parties are once again making electoral and political strides. In the late 2010s, the forces remained somewhat even. Now, Boric's election in Chile in December 2021 marks a shift in regional governance. It brought the number of countries led by progressive parties to seven. That number could rise even higher if progressives win the 2022 general elections in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.\\n\\nBy March 2022, Latin America will have at least seven progressive governments. In addition to some notable democratic setbacks in recent years, several factors may explain the new wave of progressives sweeping the region.\\n\\nCoronavirus is changing the course of politics in the region. Mismanagement of the pandemic, along with poverty and unemployment, are driving voters to support candidates who promise big government and greater social spending.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In the 2010s, a right-wing political and conservative trend countered this tide.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFrom Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the region\\'s constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s, when a so-called \"pink tide\" of left-leaning governments washed over it.\\n\\nBut analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.\\n\\n\"It\\'s not because Latin Americans are becoming more leftist. I don\\'t think there\\'s any evidence to support that,\" analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue told AFP.\\n\\nIn their most recent election cycles, Latin American countries have resoundingly dethroned incumbent parties on the right and center-right of the political spectrum.\\n\\nHonduras, Bolivia and Argentina are among those to have turned their backs on the right, while Colombia in June elected its first leftist president despite a deep-rooted mistrust, as elsewhere in the region, of anything with perceived links to \"communism.\"\\n\\nMany voters were jolted leftward by economic troubles and the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.\\n\\nVoters across the globe felt ignored, even denigrated, by the political establishment as poverty and inequality deepened.\\n\\n\"It is more of a rejectionist trend than anything else... people looking for an alternative,\" said Shifter of the recent string of leftist victories.\\n\\n\"It just so happens that we are in that moment in Latin America where a lot of the governments that are being rejected are of the right or the center right.\"","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have reached Latin America.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva (or Lula) won the Brazilian presidency in November 2022 by a slim 1.8% margin, Latin America\u2019s leftward swing seemed complete. For the second time this century the region experienced a so-called \u201cpink tide.\u201d\\n\\nHowever, most polls indicate that the current shift is more of an anti-incumbent movement than it is a lasting ideological realignment. Put simply, conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth and were punished accordingly by voters.\\n\\nThe window of opportunity for a more concerted regional articulation built around common political goals may be narrow, but it is also one of the faster paths to better economic results.\\n\\nRegional Integration\\n\\nTake the Mercosur trading bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Venezuela is currently suspended, the remaining eight South American countries are associated members, while Mexico and New Zealand are observer members): it aims to establish full free trade and movement across the region and encompasses a territory of over 19.9 million sq. km (an area 15% larger than Russia and more than double that of the US). Though still an imperfect customs union and relegated to marginal status during the tenure of Lula\u2019s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Mercosur delivered a combined GDP of over $5 trillion in 2022, making the bloc the world\u2019s fifth largest economy.\\n\\nOther regional economic integration mechanisms include the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in 2010, the Union of South America (Unasur) in 2008, and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) in 1980.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"In the past conservative governments failed to deliver sufficient growth.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments began in Chile and Colombia.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Chilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, takes office in March as the country's most progressive leader in half a century.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space due to the pandemic.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Leftist governments come into power across Latin America in 2022, marking the region's second \"pink tide\" in two decades.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nGustavo Petro\u2019s upcoming inauguration on August 7 as Colombia\u2019s first left-wing president confirms an unmistakable trend in Latin American politics: Only five years after right-leaning leaders occupied presidential palaces in much of the region\u2014including Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico\u2014leftist candidates have won the vast majority of national elections and now govern all of the region\u2019s major countries except Brazil, where former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead less than 100 days ahead of the presidential election.\\n\\nThis \u201cnew pink tide\u201d appears even more dominant than its predecessor in the 2000s that brought to power leaders like Argentina\u2019s Cristina Kirchner, Bolivia\u2019s Evo Morales and Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. However, comparing the two cohorts reveals more differences than similarities.\\n\\nFirst, Latin American leaders in the mid-2000s enjoyed a commodity boom and, by the end of the decade, a significant U.S. interest rate reduction, which created an ideal macroeconomic environment for the region. These leaders were popular thanks to their increased public spending, and generally won reelection or succeeded in picking their successors.\\n\\nBy contrast, today\u2019s leaders face a perfect storm of rising U.S. interest rates, geopolitical instability and limited fiscal space after a devastating pandemic that hit Latin America particularly hard. They must be the bearers of bad news, and thus generally suffer lower approval ratings. Given that the dominant political sentiment in Latin America today is\u2014and will likely remain\u2014anti-incumbent, the second pink tide will most likely be much shorter-lived than the first.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Anti-incumbent sentiment is the dominant political sentiment in Latin America","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"While many had long proclaimed the death of the Pink Tide, the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 was in some ways a nail in the coffin. The far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez that followed unleashed the military on protesters, killing 30, persecuted those associated with the Morales government, threatened to privatize state industry, and disastrously mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. Yet just 12 months later, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) returned, this time with Morales\u2019s former finance minister, Luis Arce, at the helm. With him, the commitment to a progressive agenda, albeit financed through expanding extractivism, has returned.  \\n\\nBy that time, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez had entered office in Argentina, ending a neoliberal reprise under Mauricio Macri. In Chile and Colombia, mass protests against inequality, neoliberalism, and repression at the hands of right-wing governments had begun to rattle the status quo. While six of the 11 countries that had elected left-leaning governments during the first 15 years of the 21st century remained in conservative hands, a new Left surge was building. \\n\\nSince 2018, voters in eight countries have chosen the Left. For Colombia and Mexico, these elections marked their first national left government of the 21st century; for Honduras, a previous shift to the left was cut short. Yet these groundbreaking wins are muddied by the outsized influence of the United States in these countries, largely because of Washington\u2019s preoccupation with its domestic issues of immigration and drugs.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Far-right government of Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez unleashed military on protesters, killing 30.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity in Latin America.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\u201cOur region can do more,\u201d 11 former presidents and former foreign ministers from Latin America recently wrote in an open letter to current heads of state, underlining that regional integration was \u201cmore necessary than ever.\u201d They have a point.\\n\\nAs the age of hyperglobalization is ending and regionalization is back in vogue, Latin America remains one of the least economically integrated regions in the world. Regional cooperation has been extremely limited due to profound ideological differences between leaders over the past years. Two examples symbolize the striking disconnect: Despite a shared border and numerous common challenges, the heads of state of Brazil and Argentina have not been on speaking terms for most of the past three years. Secondly, the president of Mexico has not visited South America at all since coming to power in late 2018. Now that the second pink tide has reached all major countries in the region and Bolsonaro is on his way out, many see a window of opportunity for greater regional unity. \\n\\nHowever, the past two weeks suggest that even with leftist leaders occupying presidential palaces in the vast majority of countries in the region, broader policy coordination and regional integration will not come easily. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"11 former presidents and foreign ministers from Latin America wrote an open letter to current heads of state, emphasizing the need for regional integration.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Colombia elects Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":1,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Brazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nDramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region\\'s second \"pink tide\" in two decades.\\n\\n However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. An anti-incumbent streak that lifted the left could soon swing major elections the other way.\\n\\nTo have the same staying power as the left-wing renaissance at the turn of the century, governments will need to reignite economies that have frustrated voters and investors alike during a decade of mostly mediocre growth.\\n\\nChilean President Gabriel Boric, 36, took office in March as his country\\'s most progressive leader in half a century and its youngest ever. But setbacks including the rejection of a new constitution have dented his popularity and forced concessions to the center, including swapping some of the youthful cohort in his cabinet for more experienced establishment figures.\\n\\nColombia also swung sharply to the left with June\\'s election of Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former guerrilla vowing to tackle inequality with tax and land reforms. He has shored up fiscal concerns with the former, but spooked investors with a proposed ban on new oil and gas exploration and second-guessing of central bank policy.\\n\\nBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, who narrowly beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October, is a holdover from the region\\'s first pink tide, when a commodity boom helped him finish his 2003-2010 presidency with record approval.\\n\\nHowever, corruption scandals and economic mismanagement under his chosen successor tarred Lula\\'s legacy.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Setbacks and corruption scandals have happened in Chile after elections.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":2,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":1,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of causing the skiing accident.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Sanderson's legal team could not come to a resolution with Paltrow and her attorney.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dismissed.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Sanderson refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000 in damages.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Paltrow denies responsibility for the accident and claims it was actually Sanderson at fault.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":99,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at the Deer Valley Resort when she collided with retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial over a 2016 ski accident in Utah involving a retired optometrist who claims he suffered life-altering injuries.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, says the Hollywood actress was distracted and caused the crash. He is seeking $300,000 (\u00a3245,000) in damages.\\n\\nMs Paltrow, 50, denies the charge, and has countersued for $1 plus compensation for attorneys\\' fees.\\n\\nMr Sanderson first filed suit against Ms Paltrow in 2019, three years after their collision.\\n\\nThe former US army captain and optometrist, who says he has never been injured in more than 30 years of skiing, accuses the Oscar winner of being \"reckless\" and racing into him from behind on a beginner slope at the upscale Deer Valley Resort in western Utah.\\n\\nLawyers for Mr Sanderson, who was 69 at the time, allege Ms Paltrow was distracted by her children and emitted a \"blood-curdling scream\" before landing on top of him, then left him \"lying in the snow\" without calling for help.\\n\\nHe claims the February 2016 crash left him unconscious, and that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and four broken ribs, as well as \"loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement\".\\n\\nHe initially sought $3.1m over what he deems a \"hit and run\", but that lawsuit was dismissed last May.\\n\\nHe took the stand twice during the trial, defending himself against allegations he is trying to exploit a celebrity.\\n\\n\\nA movie star-turned-lifestyle influencer, Ms Paltrow rejects the plaintiff\\'s version of events and alleges he skied directly into her back.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Paltrow has counter-sued for $1 plus lawyers fees.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":2,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Paltrow was criticized by the public for promoting starvation diets and her ideas on conscious uncoupling ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski crash trial came to an end Thursday when a jury sided with the actor, saying she was not at fault for a 2016 collision at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort that injured a retired optometrist.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson sued Paltrow for $300,000, alleging that reckless skiing caused her to run into him from behind on Feb. 26, 2016. Sanderson said he suffered four broken ribs, a concussion and lasting brain damage that affected his daily life and personal relationships.\\n\\nPaltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.\\n\\nThe trial went on for more than a week. The jury deliberated for just a few hours before deciding that Sanderson, not Paltrow, was at fault.\\n\\nHere\u2019s a timeline of the events that led up to the court case, and memorable moments from trial.\\n\\nSanderson filed a lawsuit on Jan. 29, 2019, saying that Paltrow was skiing \"out of control\" when she hit him from behind, knocked him down, and then landed on top of him. He said after the collision, the actor got up and skied away and did not offer any help.\\n\\nHe was initially seeking more than $3.1 million but amended it to $300,000.\\n\\nSanderson said it took him three years to file the suit because his legal team could not come to a resolution after meeting with Paltrow and her attorney.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"The jury sided with Paltrow, ruling that Sanderson was at fault.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Attorneys are presenting their closing arguments Thursday before handing an eight-member Utah jury the case from the closely watched Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial, in which a retired optometrist is suing her for the injuries he says he sustained.\\n\\nPaltrow testified Friday in Utah after being sued in a 2016 ski crash that\\'s been referred to as a \"hit and run.\"\\n\\nIn 2019, the \"Iron Man\" star was sued by Terry Sanderson, who claimed she seriously injured him during a crash on the slopes at a Park City ski resort. The alleged incident occurred Feb. 26, 2016, on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort.\\n\\nSanderson testified Monday. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, following a $3.1 million lawsuit that was previously dropped. Paltrow has denied the allegations and in a counterclaim said it was Sanderson who crashed into her.\\n\\nPaltrow is seeking \"symbolic damages in the amount of $1, plus her costs and attorney\u2019s fees to defend this meritless claim,\" her lawsuit said. The actress vowed to donate any additional funds potentially awarded by the jury to a charitable organization.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Paltrow testified in court in Utah on Friday after being sued in ski crash","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow stood trial in Utah where a man named Terry Sanderson accused her of causing him severe injury when she allegedly crashed into him while they were both skiing at the luxurious Deer Valley ski resort.\\n\\nShe ultimately won the trial after Sanderson was determined to be \"100 percent at fault\" for the 2016 ski crash. The proceedings garnered lots of attention, and now, weeks later, Paltrow has taken to Instagram to comment on what happened.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer post featured a video of falling show, a photo of an extravagant living room, another photo of snow, and one of a whiskey bottle, all apparently taken during the time she spent in Utah for the trial.\\n\\nHer captioned seemed to confirm this \u2013 she wrote \"Last weeks of March; storms of varying kinds, a beautiful place to lay my head, cold therapy of the most natural kind, and a whisky discovery.\"\\n\\nThe last weeks of March were when the trial took place. \"Storms of various kinds\" could refer to both the snowstorms in the area and the media storm the trial caused.\\n\\nMany of her followers also understood her post to be a reference to her days in court.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Accuser Terry Sanderson was determined to be \"100% at fault\" ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a trial over a 2016 skiing crash in Utah.\\n\\nPaltrow is accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, causing several serious injuries and then abandoning him, while they were both skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago.\\n\\nThe trial is being live streamed on YouTube.\\n\\nSanderson, a retired optometrist, filed the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the collision on the mountainside. Since then, he has alleged that the accident left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs and emotional damage. Sanderson also claimed Paltrow left the scene without giving him her name, contact information or calling for help.\\n\\nLawrence Buhler, an attorney for Sanderson, began opening arguments stating, \"Distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous.\"\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorney Stephen Owens told the jury that Sanderson\\'s claims that the actress bolted from the mountain after ramming into him were totally fabricated.\\n\\n\"We believe it to be utter B.S.,\" Owens said.\\n\\nHe also told the jury that the burden of proof in the case rested on Sanderson\\'s legal team and not on the actress.\\n\\n\"You\\'re going to feel sorrow for [Sanderson] but that\\'s not why you\\'re here. You\\'re here to figure out if someone negligently crashed into someone or if no one did,\" he noted.\\n\\n\"Skiing comes with inherent risks,\" he added.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in a Park City courtroom on Tuesday for the start of the trial over the 2016 skiing crash in Utah.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Terry Sanderson sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski accident for $3.1 million.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow was called to the witness stand Friday in a civil suit filed against her, where she emphatically denied that she caused an accident at Utah\u2019s Deer Valley Resort in 2016 that left a man seriously injured.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, 76, who is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow, says she slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs. But Paltrow alleges that it was actually Sanderson at fault and that he is exploiting her wealth.\\n\\n\"Mr. Sanderson categorically hit me on the ski slope and that is the truth,\" Paltrow said from the stand Friday.\\n\\nThe actor and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley\u2019s website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way. \\n\\nPaltrow was called to the stand Friday by Sanderson\u2019s attorneys, after the jury heard from Sanderson\\'s daughters, an eyewitness and medical experts.\\n\\nPaltrow said she was \u201cgently\u201d skiing down the slope when she felt a body press into her back and saw two skis slide between hers. She and Sanderson fell to the ground, Paltrow said, adding that she momentarily froze before becoming upset and yelling an expletive at Sanderson.\\n\\nPaltrow apologized for the outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.\\n\\n\u201cThere was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise,\u201d she said.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Paltrow apologizes for her outburst, saying she felt violated and initially believed the crash might have been a sexual assault.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys\\' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.\\n In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow\\'s attorneys\\' fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg\\'s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys\\' fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.\\n\\nThe judgement affirmed the jury\\'s unanimous verdict finding Terry Sanderson \u2014 the man who collided with Paltrow \u2014 to be \u201c100% at fault,\" awarding Paltrow the $1 she sought in a countersuit. It also said Sanderson would not appeal the verdict, effectively ending a protracted legal battle seven years after the two crashed on a beginner run near the base of Deer Valley Resort in Utah.\\n\\nRepresentatives for both Paltrow were not immediately available to answer questions about the final judgment or the money at stake. Neither side has publicly disclosed how much it cost to sustain a yearslong legal battle with a team of attorneys, expert witnesses from around the United States and, for Paltrow\\'s side, high-resolution animated recreations of her recollections of the crash.\\n\\nThe \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cIronman\u201d star\\'s eight-day court battle last month emerged as the most closely watched American celebrity trial since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Sanderson did not appeal the verdict, ending the protracted legal battle","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"The trial over a 2016 ski accident involving actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow wrapped up Thursday, with the jury ruling that she was not responsible for the collision at a Utah ski resort.\\n\\nAfter a short deliberation, the jury concluded that plaintiff Terry Sanderson was entirely at fault for the collision, with the decision ultimately hinging on which party jurors believed was higher on the slopes when the crash occurred. \\n\\nSanderson, 76, sued Paltrow for $3.1 million after alleging that she crashed into him at the tony Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. After a judge dismissed his initial suit, he later refiled his complaint seeking more than $300,000. Paltrow, 50, countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nIn each taking the stand last week, Paltrow and Sanderson presented starkly different accounts of the collision and called a succession of medical experts and witnesses to buttress their claims. Paltrow\\'s ski instructor at the time of the incident, Deer Valley veteran Eric Christiansen, blamed Sanderson for the crash, which occurred on a beginner ski run. \\n\\n\\n\"Gwyneth was making her turns very rhythmically,\" he said under oath, while alleging that Sanderson \"was making wide radius turns and taking up a large swath of the ski slope.\"\\n\\nFor his part, Sanderson has accused Paltrow of barreling into him, breaking four of his ribs and causing a severe concussion whose symptoms lingered for years. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Gwyneth's ski instructor testified on her behalf that Sanderson was taking up a large swath of the ski slope.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called \"the most important piece of evidence\" at trial Thursday.\\n\\nSteve Owens, Paltrow\\'s attorney, asked one of the man\\'s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility that the lawsuit was filed against Paltrow because she was famous.\\n\\nThe GoPro footage has not been found or included as evidence for the trial.\\n\\n\"I\\'m famous ... At what cost?\" Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.\\n\\nSanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, claiming that she skied recklessly into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow has claimed Sanderson caused the crash and countersued for $1 and attorney fees.\\n\\nThe trial took on an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson\\'s daughter and a neuropsychologist testified about his declining health.\\n\\nSanderson\\'s attorneys tried to persuade jurors that the collision had changed the course of their client\\'s life, leaving him brain-impaired and damaging his relationships with loved ones.\\n\\nPaltrow\\'s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson\\'s downturn wasn\\'t a result of aging or documented, pre-crash conditions.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Paltrow's attorney asked Sanderson about the possibility of the lawsuit being a result of Paltrow's fame.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Sanderson disputed the suggestion that he was suing Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"While highlighting Latino underrepresentation in Hollywood, John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski-accident trial.\\n\\nThe actor, who stars in Prime Video\\'s \"The Power,\" is guest hosting \"The Daily Show\" after the departure of its host Trevor Noah. On Monday\\'s episode, Leguizamo spoke about the phenomenon of white actors like James Franco, who was cast as Fidel Castro in the film \"Alina of Cuba,\" being cast in Latino roles.\\n\\n\"Well, guess what? If white people can take our roles, I\\'m going to take theirs,\" Leguizamo said.\\n\\n\"When they do the TV series based on Gwyneth Paltrow\\'s ski-accident trial, I\\'m going to be Gwyneth Paltrow,\" he continued, before launching into an impression of the actor and Goop founder.\\n\\n\\nPaltrow is in court after a retired optometrist, Terry Sanderson, sued her in 2019 claiming that she was at fault when she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016. Paltrow, who has disputed parts of Sanderson\\'s story, countersued, saying that Sanderson ran into her.\\n\\nLeguizamo has been outspoken about the dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood, writing an open letter to the industry in the Los Angeles Times in 2022 about the long-standing issue.\\n\\n\"You may think Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bad Bunny, J Lo, Benicio del Toro and I are the only ones, but you are wrong,\" he wrote. \"There are millions of Latinos, and we were just among the few to be allowed through.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"John Leguizamo joked that he might take a role from a white actor by playing Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie about her ongoing ski accident trial.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":3,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings.\\n\\nTerry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he \u201cwas skiing easy\u201d and \u201cpaying attention\u201d prior to the collision with Paltrow, which happened at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.\\n\\n\u201cI just remember everything was great and then I heard something I\u2019ve never heard at a ski resort and that was a blood-curdling scream \u2026 and then boom,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. And that\u2019s what I had until I was hit.\u201d\\n\\nHe went on to describe the impact.\\n\\n\u201cI got hit in my back so hard and right at my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly centered and the fists and the poles were right at the bottom of my shoulder blades, serious, serious smack and I\u2019ve never been hit that hard,\u201d Sanderson continued. \u201cAll I saw was a whole lot of snow.\u201d\\n\\nSanderson disputed suggestions he sued Paltrow to exploit her fame and wealth.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m not into celebrity worship,\u2019\u201d Sanderson told the jury about learning she was the other skier involved in their collision.\\n\\nCraig Ramon, a witness who testified previously, was recalled to the stand to discuss newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The witness Craig Ramon was recalled to testify about newly obtained evidence related to a message board earlier on Monday. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have changed following her big win in a ski collision lawsuit.\\n\\nPaltrow was sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson in 2019 over a ski crash that he claimed left him severely injured. However, a jury ruled that the Goop founder was not at fault for the accident and awarded her $1 in damages Thursday. Sanderson himself was found to be 100% at fault for the collision.\\n\\nPrior to the ski collision trial, which lasted for eight days in Utah state court, Paltrow had received an interesting reaction from the public. The Oscar-winning actress has faced tremendous backlash over the years for her beliefs and comments, including the recent drama over her \"starvation diet.\" \\n\\nPaltrow also came under fire when she announced she and ex-husband Chris Martin planned to \"consciously uncouple\" rather than divorce after 10 years of marriage. \\n\\nThe lawsuit, brought against Paltrow by Sanderson, was seen by some \u2013 including PR expert Dave Quast \u2013 to be \"extremely opportunistic.\"\\n\\nCelebrity branding expert and founder of Achilles PR Doug Eldridge explained that Paltrow chose to be \"authentic\" and as an actress chose to play herself throughout this trial. \"She took a positive PR bump post trial for four reasons: 1) she won, 2) she countersued for $1 dollar (along with what is likely mid-six figures in legal fees), 3) her answers were ridiculous, and 4) her courtroom wardrobe was strategic and effective.\"","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Public opinion of actress Gwyneth Paltrow has become more positive.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Global energy crisis.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Global energy crisis.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Global energy crisis.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels.\\n\\nNegotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, with a potential top-up to 45%.\\n\\nThe EU's current 2030 target is for a 32% renewable energy share.\\n\\nThe EU got 22% of its energy from renewable sources in 2021, but the level varied significantly between countries. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Ireland, renewable sources make up less than 13% of total energy use.\\n\\nA rapid shift to renewable energy is crucial if the EU is to meet its climate change goals, including a legally binding aim to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.\\n\\nEU countries will have to raise to 29% the share of renewables in energy used by the transport sector. EU industry would increase its use of renewables by 1.6% per year, with 42% of the hydrogen it uses deriving from renewable sources by 2030 and 60% by 2035.\\n\\nThe directive added targets for buildings and sought accelerated permitting processes for renewable energy projects.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to commit to sourcing 42.5% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nToday, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS \u201cSet\u201d proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of important modifications to strengthen and expand the program. The agency is seeking public input on the proposal to help shape the RFS program in the years ahead.\\n\\n\u201cThe Renewable Fuel Standard program is critical to helping incorporate more homegrown biofuels into the market,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThis proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways to strengthen the program. With this proposal, EPA seeks to provide consumers with more options while diversifying our nation\u2019s energy mix. EPA is also focused on strengthening the economics of our critical energy infrastructure, needed to maintain and boost our energy security. We\u2019re eager to continue the dialogue on how biofuels can bolster U.S. energy security, protect consumers from high fuel costs, strengthen the rural economy, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\\n\\nThis proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation\u2019s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"EPA issued a multi-part proposal to build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France\\'s energy transition minister said on Saturday.\\n\\nG7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific date to exit coal power, France\\'s Agnes Pannier-Runacher told reporters on the first of two days of climate and energy talks in Sapporo in northern Japan.\\n\\n\"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption\u2026 For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... Finally, it sent a message about accelerating renewable energy,\" Pannier-Runacher said.\\n\\nThe G7 decided to endorse a goal to \"drastically increase electricity generated by renewable energies,\" a person with knowledge of the discussions separately told Reuters, asking not to be identified because the information is not public.\\n\\nMinisters also appeared to be considering numerical targets for increasing solar power capacity to at least 1 terawatt and offshore wind power capacity to 150 gigawatts by 2030, the source said.\\n\\nEnergy-poor Japan was pushing for investments to stay for the gas industry in order to keep the liquefied natural gas in the energy mix as a transition fuel, winning some - but not all - support from the rest of G7.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"G7 nations agreed to reduce gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.\\n\\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to cleaner energy provides rural communities with an affordable and reliable power grid, while supporting thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. \u201cThese investments will also combat climate change and significantly reduce air and water pollution that put children\u2019s health at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to partner with municipalities, tribal entities, entrepreneurs, rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to see this transformative investment come to life and create new economic growth and healthier communities.\u201d\\n\\nFunding is available through two programs under President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the nation\u2019s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be opening a Letter of Interest process for the Empowering Rural America (\u201cNew ERA\u201d) program, which makes $9.7 billion available to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy systems, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Biden-Harris Administration announces the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants for rural energy and utility providers.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nThis year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.\\n\\nGreenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, the largest source of the world\\'s emissions, are expected to fall for the first time, according to London-based think tank Ember. That\\'s despite the fact that the world\\'s demand for electricity is still growing. Emissions are set to fall because expansion in renewable energies such as solar and wind is outstripping that growth in demand.\\n\\nIt\\'s a crucial moment in the effort to tackle climate change, and the report, written by Ma\u0142gorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior electricity analyst at Ember, and colleagues, argues that we are fast approaching a positive \"tipping point\" in the effort to curb climate change.\\n\\n\"This marks the point where power sector emissions stop rising,\" Wiatros-Motyka and her colleagues write. \"Clean power can actually go to replacing fossil fuels, instead of just meeting rising demand.\"\\n\\nJust how important are positive tipping points in efforts to tackle climate change? And are we really about to pass an important one in 2023?\\n\\nFuture Planet editor Martha Henriques puts these questions to Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change.\\n\\nMH: We\\'re used to hearing about dangerous tipping points in climate change, like the loss of sea ice or forests. What is a tipping point, and why are some of them good?\\n\\nSS: A tipping point in general is a point where a small input change leads to a large change in outcome.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy in 2023.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"China added more wind generation capacity in the past two years.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nChina has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade, but has widened its lead over international rivals through a steep acceleration in the roll out of wind capacity since 2021.\\n\\nChina added more wind generation capacity in the past two years than over the previous seven, and in 2022 generated 46% more wind power than all of Europe, the second largest wind generation market, according to data from think tank Ember.\\n\\nAs Europe had been the world's top wind power producer until 2020, China's widening lead over the rest of the world in such a tight time frame further cements China's status as the global green energy leader, and underscores Beijing's commitment to overhauling its massive energy system at a record pace.\\n\\nFurther, the rapid roll out of wind capacity, along with a more than 27% surge in solar generation in 2022 from the year before, helped push China's electricity share from clean energy sources to a record 34.2% last year.\\n\\nThat in turn will help the country's energy system to limit reliance on high-polluting fossil fuels such as coal even as economic growth gathers momentum in 2023 following the lifting of COVID-19 movement curbs that restricted activity in 2022.\\n\\nWhile China has deployed record volumes of both solar and wind power capacity over the past decade, wind generation capacity has grown more steeply than solar capacity since 2020.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"China has been the world's largest and fastest-growing producer of renewable energy for more than a decade.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20\\n\\nThe global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation along the way and helping keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C, the IEA says in a new report.\\n\\nEnergy security concerns caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine have motivated countries to increasingly turn to renewables such as solar and wind to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, whose prices have spiked dramatically. Global renewable power capacity is now expected to grow by 2 400 gigawatts (GW) over the 2022-2027 period, an amount equal to the entire power capacity of China today, according to Renewables 2022, the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s annual report on the sector.\\n\\nThis massive expected increase is 30% higher than the amount of growth that was forecast just a year ago, highlighting how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables. The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":4,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.\\n\\nRural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.\\n\\nVilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America,\" Vilsack said. \"So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy.\"\\n\\nThe Empowering Rural America program will make $9.7 billion available for rural electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission and carbon capture systems.\\n\\nJim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praised the administration for the investment.\\n\\n\"This is an exciting and transformative opportunity for co-ops and their local communities, particularly as we look toward a future that depends on electricity to power more of the economy,\" Matheson said. \"USDA has smartly structured this program in a way that will help electric co-ops leverage new tools to reduce costs and keep energy affordable while meeting the future energy needs of their rural communities.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, praises the administration.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nGlobal investment in clean energy is on course to rise to USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, with solar set to eclipse oil production for the first time\\n\\nInvestment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to a new IEA report.\\n\\nAbout USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies \u2013 including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps \u2013 according to the IEA\u2019s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is going to coal, gas and oil.\\n\\nAnnual clean energy investment is expected to rise by 24% between 2021 and 2023, driven by renewables and electric vehicles, compared with a 15% rise in fossil fuel investment over the same period. But more than 90% of this increase comes from advanced economies and China, presenting a serious risk of new dividing lines in global energy if clean energy transitions don\u2019t pick up elsewhere.\\n\\n\u201cClean energy is moving fast \u2013 faster than many people realise. This is clear in the investment trends, where clean technologies are pulling away from fossil fuels,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cFor every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fear spread regarding weaker bank institutions.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Confidence collapsed last week for Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Swiss authorities feared crisis of confidence would spread to other banks.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2022, Credit Suisse recorded its worst lost.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Intense talks between UBS and Credit Suisse over three days.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"UBS acquires Credit Suisse for over $3 billion.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Credit Suisse had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Swiss National Bank issues statement to secure financial stability and protect Swiss economy.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse in emergency rescue deal","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"UBS announced its plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an all-shares transaction.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe merger of two Swiss banks will result in layoffs in Switzerland and the U.S.\\n\\nThe acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS for over $3 billion, marks the end of an era in Switzerland as the rivalry between the two banks concluded on Sunday. \\n\\nThe repeated scandals and trading losses at Credit Suisse in recent years spooked investors and customers, leading clients to withdraw $10 billion one day last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. \\n\\nThe deal was finalized on Sunday, before Asia's stock markets opened, as Switzerland\u2019s President Alain Berse announced it. The rivals had been reluctant to merge.\\n\\nA sign that the deal was driven by \\u200b\\u200bthe government was that the government officials took center stage in the press conference announcing the transaction. UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher and Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehman were placed at the far end of the table.\\n\\n\u201cWith the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in this exceptional situation,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement.\\n\\nThe deal comes after three days of intense talks, which saw UBS and Credit Suisse very reluctant to tie the knot. The former felt that the bank was doing well and did not need to be saddled with a deal that could only bring problems. The latter felt that its turnaround plan would be enough to recover. But the Swiss authorities feared that the crisis of confidence suffered by Credit Suisse would intensify and, above all, that it would spread to other banks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Swiss President Alain Berse announces the merger.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn March 19, 2023, it was announced that UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse in an allshares transaction, valuing Credit Suisse at CHF 0.76 per share \/ CHF 3 billion. The Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank expressed their support for the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in Q2\/23 following approvals by relevant authorities. AT1 capital instruments issued by Credit Suisse of appr. CHF 16 billion in aggregate have been written-down in full.\\n\\nIntroduction\\n\\nPursuant to public information, Credit Suisse was experiencing a crisis of confidence and faced outflows of clients funds, intensified by the recent events in the US financial markets.\\n\\nOn March 16, 2023, Credit Suisse announced the intention to access a covered loan facility as well as a short-term liquidity facility of up to appr. CHF 50 billion.\\n\\nFollowing intervention by, and request of, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, Credit Suisse and UBS entered into a merger agreement on March 19, 2023.\\n\\nThe Swiss Federal Council on March 16, 2023 issued an ordinance regarding additional liquidity assistance loans and the granting of loan loss guarantees by the Swiss Confederation for liquidity assistance loans by the Swiss National\\n\\nBank to systematically important banks (the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance). In order to adapt this ordinance to the most recent developments, the Swiss Federal Council amended this Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance, effective on March 19, 2023 (the Amended Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance).\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The Swiss Federal Council amended the Additional Liquidity Assistance Ordinance. ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS (UBSG.S) executives sought to assure investors on Wednesday that Switzerland\\'s largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of Swiss rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) work and pay off for its shareholders.\\n\\nWhile describing the biggest bank rescue since the global financial crisis as a milestone for the industry and a major challenge for the bank, Chairman Colm Kelleher told UBS shareholders it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and for the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast month, Swiss authorities announced that UBS would buy Credit Suisse in a shotgun merger to stem further banking turmoil after the smaller lender had come to the brink of collapse.\\n\\nAfter a run on deposits, the Swiss government had turned to UBS, which agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.3 billion), while the Alpine state put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.\\n\\nKelleher told the bank\\'s shareholder meeting in Basel UBS was confident in its ability to successfully manage Credit Suisse\\'s integration and that the combined bank would remain well capitalized.\\n\\n\"We believe the transaction is financially attractive for UBS shareholders,\" he said.\\n\\nThe hastily arranged rescue, not only angered and unsettled both banks\\' shareholders, but also many in Switzerland.\\n\\nA survey by political research firm gfs.bern found a majority of Swiss did not support the deal that would create a financial institution with assets double the size of the country\\'s annual economic output.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Swiss government put up more than 200 billion francs of support and guarantees.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nSwitzerland\u2019s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month.\\n\\n\u201cUBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse,\u201d the Swiss National Bank said in a statement Sunday. It said the rescue would \u201csecure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.\u201d\\n\\nUBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) for Credit Suisse, about 60% less than the bank was worth when markets closed on Friday. Credit Suisse shareholders will be largely wiped out, receiving the equivalent of just 0.76 Swiss francs in UBS shares for stock that was worth 1.86 Swiss francs on Friday. Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds \u2014 a riskier class of bank debt \u2014 will lose everything, Swiss regulators said.\\n\\nExtraordinarily, the deal will not need the approval of shareholders after the Swiss government agreed to change the law to remove any uncertainty about the deal.\\n\\nCredit Suisse (CS) had been losing the trust of investors and customers for years. In 2022, it recorded its worst loss since the global financial crisis. But confidence collapsed last week after it acknowledged \u201cmaterial weakness\u201d in its bookkeeping and as the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread fear about weaker institutions at a time when soaring interest rates have undermined the value of some financial assets.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Owners of $17 billion worth of \u201cadditional tier one\u201d bonds will lose everything","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":5,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUBS executives told shareholders that its unexpected takeover of Credit Suisse was a milestone for the industry and a significant challenge for the bank, Reuters reported.\\n\\nDescribing the transaction as \"the first merger of two globally systematically important banks,\" Chairman Colm Kelleher sought to assure investors that it also meant \"a new beginning and huge opportunities ahead for the combined bank and the Swiss financial center as a whole.\"\\n\\nLast week, UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover. According to recent reports, UBS is preparing to eliminate about 20 to 30% of jobs worldwide.\\n\\nAddressing shareholders for the final time as chief executive, Ralph Hamers acknowledged that the merger has led to new priorities for the bank, bringing a change at its helm.\\n\\n\"The acquisition of Credit Suisse will be a major challenge,\" Hamers said.\\n\\n\"It is expected to create a business with more than $5 trillion in total invested assets,\" he said.\\n\\nPrice Action: UBS shares are down 0.81% at $20.83 during the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"UBS rehired Sergio Ermotti as chief executive to steer the massive takeover","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nUBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.\\n\\nToday marks the last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Credit Suisse Group AG ADS will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As announced on 19 March 2023, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held.\\n\\nAs previously announced, UBS will operate the following governance model pending further integration:\\n\u2022 UBS Group AG will manage two separate parent banks \u2013 UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG. Each institution will continue to have its own subsidiaries and branches, serve its clients and deal with counterparties.\\n\u2022 The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG will hold overall responsibility for the consolidated group.\\n\\nAs it completes the acquisition, UBS announces Board of Director nominations for certain Credit Suisse entities. Subject to regulatory approval, the Credit Suisse AG Board will consist of Lukas G\u00e4hwiler (Chair), Jeremy Anderson (Vice-Chair), Christian Gellerstad (Vice-Chair), Michelle Bereaux, Mirko Bianchi (until 30 June 2023), Clare Brady, Mark Hughes, Amanda Norton and Stefan Seiler.\\n\\nColm Kelleher, UBS Group AG Chairman, said: \u201cI\u2018m pleased that we\u2019ve successfully closed this crucial transaction in less than three months, bringing together two global systemically important banks for the first time.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The last trading day of Credit Suisse Group AG shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"SVB invested in technology companies (startups).","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Seattle-based food management startup \"Shelf Engine\" uses SVB to process checks and has millions of dollars locked up in the bank.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Executive sends panicked Slack message about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"SVB depositors pull out up to $42 billion from the bank.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"CEO & co-founder of startup \"Shelf Engine\" attempts to wire transfer their money out of SVB","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Stefan Kalb was in the middle of a meeting around 1 p.m. on Thursday when a fellow company executive sent him a panicked Slack message: \"Do you know what\\'s happening at SVB?\"\\n\\nKalb, the CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based food management startup Shelf Engine, had been following news of a bank run at Silicon Valley Bank. Droves of depositors were attempting to pull out as much as $42 billion from the bank on Thursday alone, as fear spread that the bank was teetering on the brink of collapse.\\n\\nThe bank seemed to be on firm financial footing on Wednesday. The following day, it appeared to be under water.\\n\\nFor Shelf Engine, a 40-person startup founded in 2015 that uses artificial intelligence to help grocery stores reduce food waste, this was a big problem.\\n\\nNot only did Silicon Valley Bank help the company process checks and payments, but millions of dollars of the startup\\'s cash was locked up in the bank.\\n\\nKalb sprung into action. He and his team quickly opened an account at JPMorgan Chase and attempted to wire transfer every last penny out of Silicon Valley Bank.\\n\\n\"Unfortunately, our wire was not honored and our money is still at Silicon Valley Bank,\" Kalb, 37, said in an interview on Friday. \"We woke up this morning hoping the money would be in that JPMorgan bank account, and it was not.\"","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Hysteria and fear spread that the SVB was collapsing.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) abruptly collapsed","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"In 2018 a law was passed for banks to not be required to have a $50bn safety capital.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to reverberate, hitting bank stocks, revealing hidden stresses, knocking on to Credit Suisse, and setting off a political blame-game.\\n\\n\\nWhy the $212bn tech-lender abruptly collapsed, triggering the most significant financial crisis since 2008, has no single answer. Was it, as some argue, the result of Trump-era regulation rollbacks, risk mismanagement at the bank, sharp interest rate rises after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs, or perhaps a combination of all three?\\n\\nFederal investigations have begun and lawsuits have been filed and no doubt new issues at the bank will emerge. But for now, here are the main reasons experts believed SVB failed.\\n\\nThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders argues that the culprit was an \u201cabsurd\u201d 2018 law, supported by Congress and signed by Donald Trump, that undid some of the credit requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank banking legislation brought in after the 2008 banking crisis.\\n\\nDodd-Frank required that banks with at least $50bn in assets \u2013 banks considered \u201csystemically important\u201d \u2013 undergo an annual Federal Reserve \u201cstress test\u201d and maintain certain levels of capital as well as plans for a living will if they failed.\\n\\nSVB\u2019s chief executive, Greg Becker, argued before Congress in 2015 that the $50bn threshold (SVB held $40bn at the time) was unnecessary and his bank, like other \u201cmid-sized\u201d or regional banks, \u201cdoes not present systemic risks\u201d.\\n\\nTrump said the new bill went a \u201clong way toward fixing\u201d Dodd-Frank, which he called a \u201cjob-killer\u201d. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Interest rates rise after a decade of ultra-low borrowing costs.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"President Biden speaks on the banking emergency and assures customers of U.S. banks that their money will be there when they need it","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise $2.25 billion from investors.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"On Wednesday, Silicon Valley Bank was a well-capitalized institution seeking to raise some funds.\\n\\nWithin 48 hours, a panic induced by the very venture capital community that SVB had served and nurtured ended the bank\u2019s 40-year-run.\\n\\nRegulators shuttered SVB Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. The company\u2019s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. What followed was the rapid collapse of a highly-respected bank that had grown alongside its technology clients.\\n\\nEven now, as the dust begins to settle on the second bank wind-down announced this week, members of the VC community are lamenting the role that other investors played in SVB\u2019s demise.\\n\\n\u201cThis was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,\u201d Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor at Restive Ventures, told CNBC. \u201cThis is going to go down as one of the ultimate cases of an industry cutting its nose off to spite its face.\u201d\\n\\nThe episode is the latest fallout from the Federal Reserve\u2019s actions to stem inflation with its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in four decades. The ramifications could be far-reaching, with concerns that startups may be unable to pay employees in coming days, venture investors may struggle to raise funds, and an already-battered sector could face a deeper malaise.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is shut down by regulators.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.\\n\\nStock in San Francisco-based First Republic Bank sank nearly 62% Monday and shares of other regional banks suffered losses, reportedly. First Republic has 86 locations across the country. Its Midpeninsula offices include two in Menlo Park and one each in Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.\\n\\nOn Sunday, regulators seized Signature Bank in New York after it failed.\\n\\nBut a San Jose State University professor of finance and accounting does not see the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as signs of a coming crisis.\\n\\n\"I don\\'t think it is a huge contagion issue,\" said assistant professor Matthew Faulkner. \"It\\'s more toward an isolated incident.\"\\n\\nOver the weekend and Monday, top federal officials including President Joseph Biden appeared to be getting ahead of the issue.\\n\\nBiden sought to ease American\\'s fears by making all deposits held by Silicon Valley Bank customers available regardless of the amount of their deposits, federal officials said over the weekend.\\n\\nThat includes businesses who must pay their employees and their bills, officials said.\\n\\n\"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,\" Biden said Monday morning. \"Your deposits will be there when you need them.\"\\n\\nInvestors will not be protected, Biden said. According to the president, they took a risk and \"that\\'s how capitalism works.\"\\n\\nTaxpayers will not be on the hook for the losses.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Regulators seized Signature Bank in New York on Sunday.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"First Republic Bank's stock plummets.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Stock prices of financial institutions suffer when the New York stock market opened.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.\\n\\nThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system.\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.\\n\\nThe most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, \u201ctoo-big-to-fail\u201d banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 78%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.\\n\\nHuge banks, which have been repeatedly stress-tested by regulators following the 2008 financial crisis, weren\u2019t down as much. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.7%, and Bank of America dropped 3.7%.\\n\\n\u201cSo far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,\u201d analysts at ING said.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"President Biden says customers of U.S. banks should have confidence that their money will be there when they need it, as he seeks to limit the damage done by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other problems. He also promised accountability for leaders and investors of banks that fail.\\n\\nBiden\\'s words didn\\'t prevent anxiety over the banking emergency from hammering stock prices of financial institutions on Monday morning. The pain was particularly acute for regional and middle-sized banks.\\n\\nThe banking emergency has prompted federal regulators to take extraordinary actions to close two banks and guarantee all their deposits.\\n\\nBecause of those actions, Biden said, \"every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them.\"\\n\\nCompanies with accounts at the collapsed banks \"can breathe easier, knowing they\\'ll be able to pay their workers and pay their bills,\" Biden said. \"Their hardworking employees can breathe easier as well.\"\\n\\nBiden spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. ET Monday, just 30 minutes before the New York stock market opened. But one hour into trading, a number of banking stocks were down.\\n\\nMany eyes are on First Republic Bank, the San Francisco institution whose clients include tech companies and wealthy investors. The bank\\'s stock plummeted below the $20 mark early Monday \u2014 one week after it closed at $122.\\n\\nBank of America and Wells Fargo also saw their stock prices slip, both of them falling by 4% or more in the first hour of trading.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Bank of America and Wells Fargo see their stock prices slip by 4% or more.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Shares in banks all over the world have plummeted in recent days as fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could precipitate a wider crisis in the sector.\\n\\nThe speed at which market jitters have spread across the world have forced bank executives and regulators to move with unprecedented swiftness: US authorities guaranteed all deposits in SVB \u2013 and smaller bank Signature \u2013 48 hours after it collapsed. Just hours after Credit Suisse\u2019s share price plunged on Wednesday, the Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan.\\n\\nWhile there\u2019s nothing new about a financial emergency, these crises \u2013 and their resulting responses \u2013 are unique in having been accelerated by a frenzy of social media chatter that has fuelled the panic.\\n\\n\u2018It was a bank sprint, not a bank run\u2019\\nA bank run occurs when customers lose faith in an institution\u2019s ability to look after their money, and large numbers withdraw their deposits all at once. As more people withdraw their funds, the likelihood of the bank being able to cover the withdrawals falls, leading more customers to pile in and demand the return of their money.\\n\\n\u201cIf you see a bomb disposal expert running down the street, don\u2019t ask them what\u2019s happened, just try to keep up,\u201d writes Daniel Davies, the managing director of Frontline Analysts, in the Financial Times.\\n\\nRumours around a bank\u2019s solvency can build up for months or years before it leads to a run. Or it can happen in a matter of hours.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"The Swiss central bank stepped in with a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":6,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"UBS took over Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in a rushed takeover.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"The assets and loans of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.\\n\\nInvestors welcomed the deal, sending First Citizens shares up more than 40%.\\n\\nThe rise helped drive broader gains in banking shares, which have been in turmoil since SVB's failure sparked fears over the stability of the sector.\\n\\nIn Europe, worries over the strength of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse led to a rushed takeover by rival UBS.\\n\\nThe deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over. Its collapse was swiftly followed by the failure of another US lender, Signature Bank.\\n\\nThe demise of the two were the biggest bank failures in the US since the financial crisis of 2008.\\n\\nUnder the SVB takeover deal, all 17 former SVB branches will open under the First Citizens brand on Monday. SVB customers are being advised to continue using their current branch until they receive notice from First Citizens Bank that their account has been fully moved across.\\n\\nFirst Citizens is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and calls itself America's biggest family-controlled bank. It has been one of the largest buyers of troubled banks in recent years.\\n\\nThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the US financial regulator that announced the deal, said First Citizens had bought around $72bn of SVB's assets at a discount of $16.5bn - a deal that will make the bank one of the 25 biggest in the US.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) assets and loans are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","score":99,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","score":1,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","score":2,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter's shares on the open market. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":2,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Sarah Personette resigns.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":2,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"On April 5, Musk discloses he has purchased more than 9% of Twitter\\'s shares on the open market. At first, he is offered a board seat. That plan quickly falls through \u2014 and Twitter decides to adopt a poison-pill strategy to fend off a hostile takeover from Musk. Musk subsequently makes an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about $44 billion \u2014 a price well above the company\\'s stock price at the time. He says his goal is to apply free speech principles to the platform, which he claimed had been mismanaged. \"The company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form,\" he writes. \"Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.\" Musk says he would fund the deal through a combination of cash and borrowing. At this point, shares in Musk\\'s automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline; by mid-November, they will have lost close to half their value. By April 25, Twitter decides to accept Musk\\'s offer. \u201cThe Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon\u2019s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,\u201d Twitter\u2019s Independent Board Chair Bret Taylor says in a statement. \u201cThe proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter\u2019s stockholders.\u201d On May 13, Musk tweets he is putting the deal to acquire Twitter \"temporarily on hold\" pending additional information about the volume of fake and spam accounts on the platform.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Shares in Musk's automotive company, Tesla, begin to decline. ","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":1,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":2,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Musk put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\".","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Twitter filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"Elon Musk appears to be closer to completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter than at any point since he first said the deal was \u201con hold\u201d nearly five months ago. But it\u2019s not a done deal yet. Musk earlier this week sent a letter to Twitter (TWTR) proposing to move forward with the acquisition at the original price of $54.20 per share and suggesting the litigation over his initial effort to exit the deal be dropped. Twitter (TWTR) replied saying it had received the letter and plans to close the deal on the originally agreed upon terms. But Twitter and Musk on Wednesday had yet to reach an agreement on ending the litigation, which would avert the trial that\u2019s set to take place in less than two weeks, a person familiar with the negotiations told CNN. The source added it was unclear if the two parties would reach an agreement on Wednesday. The judge overseeing the case on Wednesday also filed a letter saying that neither party has moved to stay the proceedings in the case and \u201cI, therefore, continue to press on toward our trial set to begin on October 17.\u201d As it considers Musk\u2019s revived acquisition proposal, Twitter must also think about how to avoid getting stuck in a situation where the billionaire pulls more shenanigans and drags the process out even longer. That could mean continuing the legal fight, for now, or adding new provisions to the original contract.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Elon Musk sends a letter to Twitter proposing to move forward with the acquisition.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"At least four top Twitter executives, including the CEO and CFO, are fired.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Lawsuits filed against Twitter for allegedly failing to give 60-day warning of mass layoffs","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":11,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Twitter acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":11,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"Elon Musk, Twitter\u2019s most important shitposter, has added the company to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes, according to CNBC, The Washington Post, and Insider. The acquisition was confirmed in an SEC filing from the company on Friday morning, noting it\u2019s delisting $TWTR from the New York Stock Exchange. He celebrated by firing executives. Musk fired Parag Agrawal, who succeeded Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, and chief financial officer Ned Segal, both of who were in the building at the time and escorted out by security, according to Reuters. Vijaya Gadde, the company\u2019s policy chief whom Musk had publicly criticized, was also ousted. Sean Edgett, the general counsel, is gone, too, The New York Times reports. (Bloomberg says security escorted him out, as well.) Chief customer officer Sarah Personette was not among the executives fired but announced she resigned on October 28th with a tweet thread posted the following Tuesday. In it, she mentions, \u201cI do believe the new administration understands the importance of holding up the standards of GARM.\u201d\\nThe execs were in line for handsome payouts for their trouble, Insider reports: Agrawal $38.7 million, Segal $25.4 million, Gadde $12.5 million, and Personette, who tweeted yesterday about how excited she was for Musk\u2019s takeover, $11.2 million. However, a subsequent report from The Information indicated Musk has said they\u2019re fired \u201cfor cause\u201d in an attempt to block them from receiving those payouts. It\u2019s unclear what this may mean for Personette.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Sarah Personette resigns.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":11,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":22,"event_a":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":11,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":23,"event_a":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":22,"event_a":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"Musk originally offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April ($54.20 per share), a deal that Twitter ultimately accepted. Musk in May put the takeover \"temporarily on hold\" because of a dispute over the number of fake or spam accounts that Twitter claimed to have. Twitter said that fake accounts represented less than five percent of users, but Musk was not convinced. In July, Musk decided he no longer wanted to buy Twitter and attempted to call off the purchase, claiming that Twitter did not comply with its contractual obligations and that he was not provided with the relevant business information that he requested. Twitter in turn filed a lawsuit to force Musk to go on with the sale, accusing him of trashing the company, disrupting its operations, and destroying stockholder value. Musk\\'s decision to offer to continue on with the purchase comes ahead of a trial that was set to begin on October 17. With Musk once again on board, it is probable that the acquisition will go through, provided he does not change his mind again.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging, and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.\\n\\nOn Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning the house, with at least four top Twitter executives \u2014 including the chief executive and chief financial officer \u2014 getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter\u2019s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives.\\n\\nThe closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described \u201cfree speech absolutist,\u201d has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would \u201creverse the permanent ban\u201d of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. Mr. Musk\u2019s open approach to speech on Twitter could exacerbate long-simmering issues of toxic content and misinformation, affecting political debates around the world. Early tests will come within days, when Brazil elects its president and American voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 for the midterm elections. Twitter said it would prohibit misleading claims about voting and the outcome of elections, but that was before Mr. Musk owned it.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Increase in hate speech in Twitter","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":11,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Twitter revenues plumment in recent months.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":22,"event_a":"Twitter has lost many users permanently.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"It\u2019s been five months since Elon Musk took over Twitter after a long-drawn out, tumultuous negotiating period. There has been a lot of controversy since he positioned himself at the helm of the social media platform, including massive layoffs, allowing too-long tweets, and altering the algorithm to make his Super Bowl tweets rank higher. He closed the deal to acquire Twitter on Oct. 28, after paying his original officer price of $54.20 a share for a grand total of approximately $44 billion. He fired some of the company\u2019s top executives almost immediately, including CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijay Gadde. Soon after, he began to lay off staff members to remove around half of the 7,500-strong workforce. Twitter value drops to half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price. Now, it appears that Twitter is facing financial challenges. Changes since Musk\u2019s takeover have resulted in more hate speech, issues in acquiring blue check verification, and problems with the app\u2019s features. According to Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer, a tech news website, the billionaire sent an email to Twitter employees admitting that the company has been through radical changes which were necessary. Musk also reportedly acknowledged that the platform was previously about four months from running out of money. Per Schiffer, the value of Twitter is now half of what Musk paid for it. \u201cCurrent grants are based on a $20b valuation,\u201d she tweeted, although Musk says he is hopeful of eventually getting a valuation of $250 billion. Advertisers concerned about their brand have left the platform, leading to plummeting revenues for the company in recent months.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":24,"event_a":"Twitter's value is half of Musk\u2019s acquisition price.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Twitter reinstates banned user accounts.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company\\'s staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion.\\n\\nThe price is only half of what he paid for Twitter in October 2022, when he shelled out $44 billion to buy the microblogging platform, according to multiple media sources on Saturday.\\n\\n\"Musk sent Twitter employees an email about the state of Twitter 2.0. He acknowledged the company has been through a period of radical change, but said the changes were necessary\u2026 Because Twitter was previously about 4 months away from running out of money.\" Zoe Schiffer, a tech journalist, tweeted on Saturday. \\n\\n\"Comp increases will be based on X Corp stock. Current grants are based on a $20 billion valuation. Musk says he sees a \\'clear but difficult path\\' to $250 billion valuation, which would mean current grants could 10x. Musk says Twitter is on the path of an inverse startup.\" she wrote in the thread of comments.\\n\\nTwitter\\'s value has dropped significantly since the acquisition, but it is still far higher than Twitter\\'s competitors\\' public market valuation levels, according to a report by The information.\\n\\nThe site has lost advertisers as a result of the Musk-mandated reinstatement of some previously banned users, an increase in antisemitic and other hate speech, broken functionality, and a botched blue check rollout that cost Eli Lilly millions of dollars.\\n\\nDespite the fact that ad revenue surprisingly increased during the fourth quarter of 2022, the site has lost many users permanently, reported The Wrap.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":23,"event_a":"Twitter was 4 months away from running out of money.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter late last month, has already made dramatic changes: firing top executives, laying off half of the company's staff and forming a content moderation council that will review account reinstatements.\\n\\nHowever, the most consequential policy shift may be a revamp of the site's signature blue check marks, which signal that an account holder has been verified as the person he or she purports to be.\\n\\nTwitter announced on Saturday a new version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, that will allow users to access verification if they pay a monthly fee of $8.\\n\\nThe plan stoked immediate controversy. Some applauded the move as an effort to make verification more inclusive and wean Twitter off a dependence on advertising revenue. While critics slammed the decision as a setback for the policing of hateful and fake content that could drive away users and advertisers alike.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the subscription plan.\\nHere's what you need to know about Twitter's new verification plan, and the criticism that followed its announcement.\\n\\nUnder Twitter's new subscription service, users will gain access to account verification for a monthly fee of $8, which amounts to $96 per year.\\n\\nPreviously, the company verified celebrities, politicians, journalists and prominent figures on a case-by-case basis in an effort to prevent impersonation.\\n\\nThe service will not require subscribers to provide ID that confirms the identity purported on their account, which marks a departure from a previous mandate of government-issued identification, the New York Times reported.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Twitter announced a new subscription service, Twitter Blue.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"Elon Musk says that Twitter is close to becoming cash-flow positive after making sharp layoffs and working to lure advertisers back to the platform.\\n\\n\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re roughly breakeven at this point,\u201d Musk said Wednesday, during a live interview with the BBC recorded on Twitter Spaces.\\n\\nMusk has pushed to make more money at Twitter to recoup his multibillion-dollar investment in the company. As part of this income-generation drive, Twitter has sought to make more money from subscriptions, charging users $8 a month to get access to Twitter verification marks and for the ability to edit tweets, among other features.\\n\\nMusk said that Twitter will start removing blue checks from accounts without a subscription to the company\u2019s paid Twitter Blue service next week.\\n\\nDuring the interview, Musk said that \u201calmost all\u201d advertisers have resumed buying ads on the platform, after several hit pause on Twitter advertising following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the app.\\n\\nMusk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in late October after a drawn-out legal battle with the company. He has since sought to radically overhaul the platform, including its content moderation policies.\\nThis has spooked many product placers, with half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers now estimated to have left the platform since Musk took over.\\n\\n\u201cDepending on how things go, if current trends continue, I think we could be ... cashflow-positive this quarter, if things keep going well,\u201d Musk said.\\n\\nBrands were concerned about the app failing to tackle hateful posts in the wake of the $44 billion deal, which was completed in October 2022.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Half of Twitter\u2019s top 100 advertisers have left the platform","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Musk changed the plan to charge users $8 a month for verification.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Musk proposed a plan to charge verified users $20 a month for verification.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"Less than a week after Elon Musk finally gave in and paid full price for Twitter, his attempts to remake the platform are already descending into an entirely predictable clown show. Watching him begin to reshape content moderation and launch a poorly considered monetization scheme would be entertaining if their potential effects weren\u2019t so dire, with consequences for Twitter\u2019s employees and users, and potentially the broader society. \\n\\nOriginally reported Sunday by The Verge, a plan to charge verified users to get or keep their blue checks was expected to cost $20 a month. But after widespread backlash on the platform and a poll tweeted by Musk ally Jason Calacanis, in which nearly 82% of users responded that they wouldn\u2019t pay anything for verification, those plans appear to have changed.\\n\\nBy Tuesday afternoon, Musk had posted a thread on the platform outlining his plan to charge $8 a month instead \u2014 part of an overhaul of Twitter\u2019s existing Blue service.\\n\\nAlong with the coveted blue check, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to post longer video and audio clips. They will also have half as many ads in their feeds and be able to get around paywalls from news publishers \u201cwilling to work\u201d with the platform, and their tweets will get priority in replies, mentions and search results.\\n\\nIt should come as no surprise that such a plan could have a number of drawbacks.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A poll tweeted by Jason Calacanis showed that 82% of Twitter users wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"Twitter has begun laying off sizable chunks of the company, the first major move by Elon Musk since his acquisition of the company was completed last week.\\n\\nTwitter told employees in an email sent Thursday evening and seen by NBC News that the company would notify staffers by email about their employment.\\n\\n\u201cWe recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\u2019s success moving forward,\u201d the email said.\\n\\nThe firings immediately prompted a class action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly failing to give a 60-day warning of mass layoffs.\\n\\nIt had been widely reported that Musk planned to slash the company\\'s 7,500-person payroll after he finalized his $44 billion acquisition late last week. He immediately dismissed CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as Twitter\u2019s chief financial officer and its head of legal, public policy and trust and safety upon taking over the company.\\n\\nA Twitter employee said Thursday\\'s email was the first communication staff members had received from Twitter since the acquisition Oct. 27.\\n\\n\"It\\'s total chaos, house melting down, everyone looking towards this email,\" the employee said.\\n\\nAccording to the email from Twitter, staff members will get notices either through their company email accounts \u2014 if they still have jobs \u2014 or their personal email accounts if their \"employment is impacted.\"\\n\\nWorries about layoffs began to emerge before the buyout transaction was complete, but Twitter\\'s general counsel urged employees not to dwell on rumors before Musk took ownership.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Twitter sends email to employees notifying them of layoffs.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":7,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities filing Friday, putting the world\u2019s richest man in charge of one of the world\u2019s most influential social media platforms.\\n\\nThe company said the deal \u201cbecame effective\u201d on Thursday, as part of a filing notifying its intention to de-list from the New York Stock Exchange, a move that happened later on Friday. The confirmation comes after a source familiar with the deal told CNN the deal had closed Thursday night.\\n\\nMusk also appeared to acknowledge the takeover in a tweet Thursday night saying, \u201cthe bird is freed.\u201d. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much of the year. It also averts a court battle that was set to take place if the acquisition did not close by 5 p.m. ET Friday. But Musk\u2019s takeover now raises a host of new questions for the future of the social media platform, and the many corners of society impacted by it. Musk on Thursday fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Neg Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde, according to two sources familiar with the situation. He also fired Sean Edgett, Twitter\u2019s general counsel, a source told CNN.\\nDespite multiple news outlets confirming the changes Thursday night, Twitter staff had still not formally been informed of the changes as of Friday morning, two Twitter employees told CNN.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Twitter de-lists from the New York Stock Exchange.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Twitter appears to have made its first deal of the Elon Musk era: buying a job-matching tech startup called Laskie. \\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the company\u2019s first known acquisition under Musk\u2019s leadership, as well as a transaction that helps fulfill the billionaire\\'s aspirations to turn Twitter into a \"super-app\" that offers users multiple functions \u2014 including payments.\\n\\nDetails: Founded in 2021, the San Francisco-based startup has focused on recruiting. Founder and CEO Chris Bakke previously sold another startup to the online job board Indeed.\\n\\nLaskie\\'s website now says the service is no longer available, but its LinkedIn page describes it as helping job seekers quickly find good job matches.\\nLaskie raised $6 million in total funding, per PitchBook.\\nTwitter is paying in cash and stock. While the exact price wasn\\'t disclosed, the source says it was in the \"tens of millions.\"\\nOf note: On Friday, Musk announced the hiring of former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the social network\\'s new CEO.\\n\\nTwitter did not immediately respond for comment beyond its standard automated reply.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":25,"event_b":"Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter's new CEO on Friday","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Alphabet has invested over $31 billion in AI R&D in 2021.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"Microsoft has finally commented on the rumblings about the $10 billion investment into the OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, after rumors have been swirling for weeks about this colossal financial deal. While Microsoft didn\u2019t confirm the actual financial figure in the press release on Monday, they did announce the partnership between the two companies would be extended.\\n\\nThis recent investment is the third phase of the financial commitment from Microsoft. Previous investments were made in 2019 and 2021 into the AI startup.\\n\\nWe\u2019re going to look at how artificial intelligence will change how Microsoft competes with Google, Apple and other tech giants\u2014and how Q.ai can help you keep abreast of the changes.\\n\\nMicrosoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a press release on January 23. When we last wrote about Microsoft\u2019s investment in ChatGPT, it was reported by Semafor that the tech giant was looking to invest an additional $10 billion into the startup. The official release doesn\u2019t confirm or deny the rumored dollar figure, as they only commented on continuing the partnership.\\n\\nMicrosoft noted how they were committed to turning Azure into an AI supercomputer for the entire world. Microsoft Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for every tool under the OpenAI banner.\\n\\nJust as a quick reminder, ChatGPT is the chatbot released late last year by OpenAI, a company that Elon Musk and Sam Altman originally founded. This revolutionary tool reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot reported one million users at the beginning of December after being out for about a week.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"When ChatGPT came out in November, it took the world by storm.\\n\\nWithin a month of its release, some 100 million people had used the viral AI chatbot for everything from writing high school essays to planning travel itineraries to generating computer code.\\n\\nBuilt by the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the app was flawed in many ways, but it also sparked a wave of excitement (and fear) about the transformative power of generative AI to change the way we work and create.\\n\\nChatGPT, which runs on a technology called GPT-3.5, has been so impressive, in part, because it represents a quantum leap from the capabilities of its predecessor from just a few years ago, GPT-2.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, OpenAI released an even more advanced version of its technology: GPT-4. The company says this update is another milestone in the advancement of AI. The new technology has the potential to improve how people learn new languages, how blind people process images, and even how we do our taxes.\\n\\nOpenAI also claims that the new model supports a chatbot that\u2019s more factual, creative, concise, and can understand images, instead of just text.\\n\\nSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, called GPT-4 \u201cour most capable and aligned model yet.\u201d He also cautioned that \u201cit is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it\u201d","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"ChatGPT or GPT-3.5 has been released by OpenAI.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"What is ChatGPT? I asked the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot, which has ignited conversation in schools, corporate boardrooms and social media, to explain itself.\\n\\nIn its own description, ChatGPT is \u201can AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning techniques to generate human-like responses to text inputs in a conversational manner.\u201d\\n\\nThe tool is the talk of the business world. It has been mentioned on earnings calls by management from a range of companies including oil giants, banks \u2014 and even the industrial behemoth Caterpillar.\\n\\nIt has also sparked concerns over potential abuses. In classrooms, students have used ChatGPT to generate entire essays, while hackers have begun testing it to write malicious code.\\n\\nSo what is ChatGPT, exactly? Here\u2019s a simple guide on all you need to know about the popular AI chatbot.\\n\\nChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and is backed by well-known investors \u2014 most notably Microsoft. \\n\\nIt is one of several examples of generative AI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI.\\n\\nPrior examples include Dall-E, a text-to-image program from OpenAI that garnered attention from people captivated by its ability to come up with realistic, often absurd, pictures that match people\u2019s text descriptions.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"It has sparked concerns over potential abuses, such as students using it to generate entire essays and hackers testing it to write malicious code.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"Google announced plans Monday to publicly launch its highly anticipated chatbot, which will be integrated with its marquee search engine as Big Tech companies race to deliver artificial intelligence products to the public after Open AI\u2019s ChatGPT captivated millions.\\n\\nCEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post it will unveil its chatbot\u2014called Bard\u2014to the public \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d\\n\\nOne of its primary features will be providing snippets of information in response to searches that have no obvious answer, such as the question, \u201cis the piano or guitar easier to learn, and how much practice does each need?\u201d\\n\\nGoogle\u2014through its parent company, Alphabet\u2014has spent more money than any other business on artificial intelligence, putting more than $31 billion toward research and development in 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal.\\n\\n\u201cSoon, you\u2019ll see AI-powered features in Search that distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats, so you can quickly understand the big picture,\u201d Pichai said.\\n\\nThe race is on for tech companies to roll out chatbots following the immense accomplishments of ChatGPT, which has attracted some 100 million monthly average users since it publicly launched at the end of November. Investors have been hungry to latch onto the chatbot hype, with BuzzFeed\u2019s stock more than doubling in a single trading day last month after the company said it would start using ChatGPT to create content.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors showed great interest in ChatGPT, sending BuzzFeed\u2019s stock surging after the company announced plans for it to create content.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"OpenAI has launched its first subscription plan for ChatGPT, opening up the popular AI model for premium use just two months after its public launch.\\n\\nThe new plan, called ChatGPT Plus and announced in a company blog post on Wednesday, will charge subscribers $20 for monthly use of ChatGPT\u2019s tools. Users will get priority access to ChatGPT \u201cduring peak times,\u201d faster responses and \u201cpriority access to new features and improvements,\u201d the company wrote. The subscription is only available initially in the United States and will roll out to a waitlist first.\\n\\nOpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement. The company also noted in its post that a waitlist is now available for an upcoming ChatGPT API.\\n\\nThe move comes just weeks after OpenAI president and chairman Greg Brockman posted to the company\u2019s official Discord server asking users for input on ways to \u201cmonetize ChatGPT.\u201d Some users (including this author) reported seeing an offer for a $42 per month pro tier in January, which promised early and priority access to new features and better reliability should the service, which has suffered repeated outages due to high demand in past weeks, again hit capacity.\\n\\nAfter OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late November, more than one million users overwhelmed the tool\u2019s site within five days, OpenAI has said. Since then, product releases and other announcements have flowed fast out of the San Francisco-based company led by CEO Sam Altman.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"OpenAI launches subscription plan for ChatGPT","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.\\n\\nThe new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions.\\n\\nIt can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT.\\n\\nMillions of people have used ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022.\\n\\nPopular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework - although teachers say students shouldn\\'t use it.\\n\\nChatGPT answers questions using natural human-like language, and it can also mimic other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its knowledge database.\\n\\nThere are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently done by humans.\\n\\nOpenAI said it had spent six months on safety features for GPT-4, and had trained it on human feedback. However it warned that it may still be prone to sharing disinformation.\\n\\nGPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, who pay $20 per month for premium access to the service.\\n\\nIt\\'s already powering Microsoft\\'s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b into OpenAI.\\n\\nIn a live demo it generated an answer to a complicated tax query - although there was no way to verify its answer.\\nGPT-4, like ChatGPT, is a type of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI uses algorithms and predictive text to create new content based on prompts.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"OpenAI has released GPT-4","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Elon Musk is warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and plans to create an alternative AI chatbot called \u201cTruthGPT\u201d.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology since ChatGPT\u2019s release.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Microsoft plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"Microsoft\\n plans to release software to help large companies create their own chatbots similar to ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.\\n\\nIn the two months since startup OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, it has become a hit, impressing people with its ability to spit out comments on a wide variety of topics and in many styles. UBS analysts said last week that it\u2019s on track to reach 100 million monthly active users more quickly than video-sharing app TikTok.\\n\\nMicrosoft is seeking to capitalize on the attention in multiple ways. The company provides the cloud-computing back end for ChatGPT, and in January Microsoft said it had invested billions of dollars in OpenAI. Microsoft has also been working to incorporate OpenAI technologies into its own products. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is augmenting Bing, its search engine, and Edge, its internet browser, with ChatGPT-like technology.\\n\\nIn addition, Microsoft plans to announce technology for companies, schools and governments to create their own bots with ChatGPT, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be named while discussing private plans. Microsoft imagines helping clients launch new chatbots or refine their existing ones with the new technology, which could suggest responses for call-center agents to use during customer service conversations, the person said.\\n\\nThe underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT cannot currently provide substantial answers about anything that happened after 2021, because it hasn\u2019t been trained on recent information. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and is augmenting Bing and Edge with ChatGPT-like technology.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Musk is advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence and believes it has the potential to destroy humanity.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity \u2014 and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.\\n\\nMusk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a segment aired Monday night that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling \u201cTruthGPT,\u201d which will be a \u201cmaximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.\u201d\\n\\nThe idea, Musk said, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.\\n\\nMusk also said he\u2019s worried that ChatGPT \u201cis being trained to be politically correct.\u201d\\n\\nIn the first of a two-part interview with Carlson, Musk also advocated for the regulation of artificial intelligence, saying he\u2019s a \u201cbig fan.\u201d He called AI \u201cmore dangerous\u201d than cars or rockets and said it has the potential to destroy humanity.\\n\\neparately, Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp,, according to a Nevada business filing. The website of the Nevada secretary of state\u2019s office says the business was formed on March 9 and lists Musk as its director and his longtime adviser, Jared Birchall, as secretary.\\n\\nMusk has for many years expressed strong opinions about artificial intelligence and has dismissed other tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, for having what he has described as a \u201climited\u201d understanding of the field.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Musk has incorporated a new business called X.AI Corp.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.\\n\\nThe Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called.\\n\\n\u201cFrontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,\u201d an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company\u2019s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data computing and robotics.\\n\\n\u201cAs a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users.\u201d\\n\\nAlibaba\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares ticked up 1.4% on Thursday morning.\\n\\nCompanies around the world are racing to develop and release their own versions of ChatGPT, the application that allows users to automatically write essays or pass tests.\\n\\nThe tool is built on a large language model, which is trained on vast troves of data online in order to generate compelling responses to user prompts. Experts have long warned that these tools have the potential to spread inaccurate information.\\n\\nThis week, Google (GOOGL) and Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) both unveiled plans to launch similar services of their own.\\n\\nGoogle\u2019s tool, named \u201cBard,\u201d will roll out to the public in the coming weeks, while Baidu\u2019s bot, called \u201cWenxin Yiyan\u201d in Chinese or \u201cERNIE Bot\u201d in English, will launch in March.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Alibaba announces plans to launch its own ChatGPT-style tool.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":8,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT \u2014 the buzzy AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation \u2014 Google announced on Monday that it\u2019s releasing its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard.\u201d The company also said it will add new AI\u2013powered features to Google search.\\n\\nGoogle will first give Bard access to a group of trusted external partners, according to a company blog post on Monday; it said it plans to give the public access \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d What the public will have access to starting this week are search results that sometimes show AI-generated text, especially for complex queries.\\n\\nWhile Google has for years used AI to enhance its products behind the scenes, the company has never released a public-facing version of a conversational chat product. It seems that the breakaway success of ChatGPT \u2014 the AI conversation tool created by the startup OpenAI that can auto-generate essays, poetry, and even entire movie scripts, and which amassed 100 million users just two months after it launched \u2014 has nudged Google to make this move. Google\u2019s announcement comes a day before Microsoft is expected to announce more details on plans to integrate ChatGPT into its search product, Bing (Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in ChatGPT\u2019s creator, OpenAI).\\n\\nSince ChatGPT came out, Google has faced immense pressure to more publicly showcase its AI technology.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Google releases its own \u201cexperimental conversational AI\u201d tool, called \u201cBard\".","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.\\n\\nWhy it matters: The move makes it easier for people to access the chatbot on mobile devices and helps fend off rivals and scams.\\n\\nDetails: ChatGPT for iOS, available from Apple\\'s App Store, functions largely the same as the Web version, with the addition of speech input support using Whisper, OpenAI\\'s open-source speech-recognition system.\\n\\n\\nAs with the Web version, paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have access to the more advanced capabilities of GPT-4.\\nAvailability will start in the U.S. and expand to other countries in the coming weeks, the company said.\\n\\nBetween the lines: Microsoft has a version of its Bing app with support for its OpenAI-powered chat, while lots of scammers have flooded mobile stores with apps that claim to either be ChatGPT or offer similar features.\\n\\nWhat they\\'re saying: \"With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we\u2019re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,\" the company said in a statement.\\nP.S. Android users, you\\'re next! ChatGPT will be coming to your devices soon,\" OpenAI added.\\n\\nThe CEO of OpenAi, which is the company that makes ChatGPT, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman asked the committee about oversight for generative AI.\\n\\nPlus, a new report says abortion bans lead to life-threatening complications.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for iOS devices.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher interest rates affected how much companies wanted to borrow due to higher costs.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"The technology sector face crisis.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The technology sector face crisis.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The technology sector face crisis.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Investors wanted companies to decrease expenses as revenues slowed down.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Tech industry layoffs increased by 649% in 2022, the highest since the dot-com bubble.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The technology sector face crisis.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Investors are pessimistic about the US economy.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"The technology sector face crisis.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"The Bank of England offers extra support to UK markets","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, with consumers seeing price increases of 9.1%.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEconomic warning signs are mounting in California \u2014 foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election.\\n\\nOne particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg News analysis.\\n\\nAs of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years.\\nThe $177 million figure represents just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.\\nIf this trend continues, it could spell an end to the streak California has maintained since 2003 of generating more IPOs than any other state.\\n\u201cWe are already seeing an immediate effect,\u201d Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst for the state Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office, told Bloomberg. \u201cAnd it does appear to be significant,\u201d contributing to a 5% decline in California employers\u2019 income tax withholding payments in September compared to last year.\\n\\nIndeed, California collected about $2.8 billion less in taxes in September than it thought it would, marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections, according to a report released this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s Department of Finance.\\n\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"California collected less in taxes in September marking the third straight month of revenues coming in below projections.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\n\\nFor the second time in two days, the Bank of England has been forced to offer extra support to UK markets still reeling from the government\u2019s announcement last month that it would slash taxes and increase borrowing.\\n\\nThe central bank warned Tuesday that there was still a \u201cmaterial risk to UK financial stability\u201d from a sharp-sell off in government bonds that has sent yields soaring, pushing up borrowing costs across the economy and forcing some pension funds to dump assets to raise cash.\\n\\nA slump in UK government bonds that promise to protect investors from inflation \u2014 known as index-linked gilts \u2014 was the latest source of risk, it said.\\n\\n\u201cDysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing \u2018fire sale\u2019 dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,\u201d it said in a statement.\\n\\nThe extent of the bond market strain was underscored Tuesday when the UK government sold \u00a3900 million ($994 million) of index-linked gilts due in 2051 at the highest yield since October 2008, according to Reuters.\\n\\nStarting Tuesday, the Bank of England will include index-linked gilts in its emergency \u00a365 billion ($71.7 billion) bond-buying program announced on Sept. 28. \u201cThese additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions,\u201d it added.\\nThe bank said the program would end as planned on Friday, despite calls for it to continue for another three weeks.\\n\\nOn Monday, it doubled the daily limit on its bond-buying to \u00a310 billion through the end of the week.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"UK government announces to slash taxes and increase borrowing.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"Layoffs are making headlines, and most seem to be centered around one job sector: tech. \\n\\nThe tech industry increased its layoffs by 649% in 2022, which is the highest since the dot-com bubble more than a few decades ago, according to \"The Challenger Report.\" More tech employees were laid off in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 combined. \\n\\nCompanies turn to layoffs as a survival method to cut costs when revenue and profits get leaner. \\n\\nWhen inflation hit the economy hard in June 2022, consumers saw price increases of 9.1% compared to the typical annual rate of 2% for steady inflation, according to the Federal Reserve. 2022 saw the highest inflation rate in 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The economy softened as people started buying less to accommodate these higher prices. The cost of living jumped significantly, and people and businesses had to make cutbacks. Technology companies saw price increases for services, so companies had to evaluate and make cuts if necessary. \\n\\nHigher interest rates affect how much a company wants to borrow due to higher costs. These higher rates directly impact venture capitalists (VCs) and other funding of startups. Companies do not want to invest in riskier areas when the economy's future is uncertain. Economic uncertainties cause companies to reevaluate their hiring and growth strategies. \\n\\nInvestors want companies to decrease expenses as revenues slow down. VCs are worried that profits will be down this year after the large growth period. \\n\\nPart of the rise in layoffs is due to correcting the hiring of too many people. During the height of the pandemic, the use of technology grew significantly as everything moved online. \\n\\nWith the collapse of SVB, more venture capitalists and banks are going to be nervous about taking on the risk of start-up companies.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Too many people hired in the tech industry during the pandemic.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinancial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank\\n and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nThe collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.\\n\\nAccording to press releases from regulators, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The FDIC in turn has created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which now holds the insured deposits from SVB.\\n\\nThe FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning. SVB\u2019s branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.\\n\\nAccording to the press release, SVB\u2019s official checks will continue to clear.\\n\\nThe FDIC\u2019s standard insurance covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, for each account ownership category. The FDIC said uninsured depositors will get receivership certificates for their balances. The regulator said it will pay uninsured depositors an advanced dividend within the next week, with potential additional dividend payments as the regulator sells SVB\u2019s assets.\\n\\nWhether depositors with more than $250,000 ultimately get all their money back will be determined by the amount of money the regulator gets as it sells Silicon Valley assets or if another bank takes ownership of the remaining assets. ","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Companies and wealthy individuals left largely unsure of what will happen to their money.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Depositors, mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, hurried to withdraw their money this week.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Nifty IT index ends 2022 down 24%, its worst fall since 2008 global financial crisis","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nA global rout sparked by investors\u2019 pessimism about the US economy has pulled down Indian technology companies, too.\\n\\nThe Nifty IT, a key Indian stock market index for the information-technology space, is ending 2022 down 24% from the previous year, its worst fall since the 2008 global financial crisis. This decline comes after five straight years of annual gains.\\n\\nTech majors such as Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and Mphasis have lost more than 40% of their market value in 2022. Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off. Venture capitalist funding has dwindled.\\n\\nWhile the Indian economy itself has been resilient in a shaky global environment, its tech industry\u2019s weak stretch may continue into 2023.\\n\\nFears of a recession, stoked by rising interest rates in developed markets, have hit the revenues, sales, and growth prospects of many global tech firms. A major share of Indian tech firms\u2019 earnings comes from global clients.\\n\\nThis sell-off only intensified after Goldman Sachs, in September, downgraded Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bengaluru\u2019s Infosys to \u201csell\u201d from \u201cbuy,\u201d citing a potential slowdown in revenue growth.\\n\\nMeanwhile, HCL Technologies, India\u2019s third-largest IT company by revenue, has also lowered its revenue growth projection for 2023.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Hundreds of employees of both startups and bellwether companies have been laid off.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":9,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.\\n\\nUS regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since the height of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.\\n\\nSilicon Valley, the country\\'s 16th largest bank, failed after depositors - mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies - hurried to withdraw their money this week as anxiety over the bank\u2019s situation spread.\\n\\nThe bank could no longer cope with the massive withdrawals of its customers and its last attempts to raise new money did not succeed.\\n\\nUS authorities therefore officially took possession of the bank and entrusted its management to the U.S. agency responsible for guaranteeing deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).\\n\\nLittle known to the general public, SVB had specialised in financing start-ups and had become one of the largest banks in the US by asset size: at the end of 2022, it had $209 billion (\u20ac196 billion) in assets and about $175.4 billion (\u20ac164.5 billion) in deposits.\\n\\n\\nIts demise represents not only the largest bank failure since that of Washington Mutual in 2008, but also the second-largest failure of a retail bank in the United States.\\n\\nUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called several financial sector regulators together on Friday to discuss the situation, reminding them that she had \"full confidence\" in their ability to take appropriate action and that the banking sector remained \"resilient\".","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"SVB had specialised in financing start-ups.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\nGlobal banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next?\\n\\nThe fallout from this month\u2019s banking turmoil \u2014 the surprising bank runs and collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank \u2014 has been widespread. In its wake, the global banking system has been shaken.\\n\\nMore volatility is in store for the week ahead. But that doesn\u2019t mean this is a repeat of the global financial crisis from 15 years ago. Everyday customers\u2019 deposits are guaranteed and regulators across the globe say the banking system remains healthy.\\n\\nCredit Suisse and First Republic: Two more banks wobbled through the week. Beleaguered megabank Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS Sunday after it announced last week that it will take up to $53.7 billion in support offered by the Swiss central bank to stay afloat. Meanwhile, First Republic bank received a $30 billion lifeline on Thursday from some of the largest banks in the United States.\\n\\nStill, First Republic\u2019s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat. First Republic shares plunged by about 33% on Friday.\\n\\nUS commercial banks\u2019 profits have been under pressure from deteriorating asset quality, slowing loan growth and rising deposit rates, said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.\\n\\nBut SVB and Signature Bank were unique in that much of their deposit bases were largely from the struggling tech and crypto sectors. These banks also held an unusually large proportion of their customer\u2019s deposits in Treasuries \u2014 which had dropped in value as the Fed started hiking interest rates, she said.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":1,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"In March an earthquake happened in the northeast of Japan.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":0,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":0,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Japan forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"A strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Europe is experiencing extreme heat waves.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Italy's longest river, the Po, reduced to little more than a trickle in places.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":1,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","score":0,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\\n\\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a \"dangerous\" combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\\n\\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\\n\\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\\n\\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The US is experiencing more severe, frequent, and longer-lasting heat waves than just a few decades ago.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nNew records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe.\\n\\nIn northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain\u2019s meteorological agency, AEMET.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, Zamora set its own record after reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit), according to climate statistician Max Herrera. Soria set a record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.66 degrees Fahrenheit) that same day.\\n\\nThe central Portuguese town of Lous\u00e3 set an all-time record of 46.3 degrees Celsius (115.34 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lisbon set a July record of 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.52 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nBut the worst is yet to come.\\n\\nOfficials in Spain and Portugal are bracing themselves for the hottest day of the heat wave so far.\\n\\nTemperatures are set to reach around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of western and southern Spain, according to AEMET. In its afternoon update, AEMET warned that Spain is set to experience its hottest day of the heat wave on Thursday.\\n\\nSimilar is being said of Portugal. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa told reporters that Thursday is set to be the \u201cmost serious day\u201d for Portugal as far as the extreme weather is concerned, warning that the country needs \u201cto be more careful than ever to avoid new occurrences.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"British authorities have declared a \"national emergency\".","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Temperatures in Tokyo have been setting records for the month of June.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nBritish authorities have described the extreme heat as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\nIn Spain, 237 deaths occurred due to high temperatures last week, according to the country\\'s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily.\\nThe chances of temperatures like those forecast for next week are already 10 times higher than they would have been without the influence of human activity, said Nikos Christidis, a Met Office climate scientist.\\n\\nAn ongoing heat wave is fueling wildfires, causing heat-related deaths and breaking records in Western Europe.\\n\\nBritish authorities are issuing dire warnings, as temperatures may reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Britain, a region usually known for moderate summer heat, with July highs in the 70s. It\\'s the first time such a forecast has been made in the area.\\n\\nThe heat poses a serious health risk, as people will need to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. In Britain, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents particularly vulnerable.\\n\\nExtreme heat is also endangering the environment and homes, with wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France.\\n\\nBritish authorities have described it as a \"national emergency\" and southern Britain is under an \u201cextreme\u201d heat warning for the first time on record.\\n\\nLondon Underground subway passengers are being advised not to travel Monday and Tuesday, because the heat is expected to affect rails and might cause delays, authorities said.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"In Spain, 237 deaths occurred last week.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nAn unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further.\\n\\nThe big picture: The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country's first-ever occurrence of 104\u00b0F (40\u00b0C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97\u00b0F in London on Monday.\\n\\nThe U.K.'s national temperature record stands at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C) set in 2019. That is likely to fall as early as Monday.\\nAccording to Meteo France, even higher temperatures occurred there on Monday, with a preliminary peak of 108.68\u00b0F(42.6\u00b0C) in Biscarosse, a town in the country's southwest.\\nThe air mass responsible for this extreme event originated in northwest Africa, with a heat dome and an area of low pressure just west of Iberia acting as a heat funnel.\\n\\nContext: Attribution studies of individual heat waves have shown that by increasing the global average surface temperature by about 1.2\u00b0C in the past century, human-induced climate change has dramatically boosted the odds of extreme heat events, along with their intensity and duration.\\n\\nResearch has even shown certain heat extremes would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb further.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Japan is asking 37 million people living in Tokyo to use less electricity.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nJapan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).\\n\\nThe government urged citizens in the capital to turn off lights and power switches for three hours in the afternoon and to use air conditioning \u201cappropriately,\u201d as the country struggles with growing power shortages.\\n\\nThe request comes despite experts warning that record-setting temperatures could continue for weeks.\\n\\n\u201cPlease save as much power as possible, such as by turning off lights that are not in use,\u201d the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to \u201cprevent heatstroke.\u201d\\n\\nJapan\u2019s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power plants to suspend operations. At the same time demand is at its highest since 2011, when Japan was hit by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The ministry warned the mismatch between supply and demand is becoming \u201csevere.\u201d\\n\\nBut with recent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels, rationing electricity will not be easy.\\n\\nOn Tuesday, Tokyo experienced scorching heat for a fourth successive day after setting records for the month of June at the weekend.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Japan\u2019s power supply has been tight.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the midst of an unprecedented heat wave, the U.K. on Tuesday broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 104.36\u00b0F (40.2\u00b0C) at London's Heathrow Airport, according to the country's weather service.\\n\\nWhy it matters: This is the first time the U.K. has breached this temperature that is more common in tropical and desert climates, and studies point to climate change as a key factor behind the scorchingly hot temperatures.\\n\\nHeat waves of this magnitude and duration can be deadly, and pose particular health risks to vulnerable groups like the elderly, those with preexisting medical conditions and anyone without access to cooling.\\nOnly about 3% of homes in the U.K. have air conditioning.\\nDriving the news: The U.K. Met Office warned that temperatures are expected to keep rising throughout the day. Multiple other locations have exceeded the 40-degree mark as well, including within the city of London.\\n\\nThe previous national temperature record, set in 2019, stood at 101.66\u00b0F (38.7\u00b0C). A provisional total of 34 weather stations broke that record on Tuesday, the Met Office reported.\\nAccording to climate scientist Simon Lee, 3 of the 4 hottest days in U.K. history have occurred during the last 4 years.\\nContext: Studies have shown that climate change is making heat waves like this one hotter than they otherwise would have been, as well as more frequent and longer-lasting.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The U.K. broke its national record for the highest temperature ever registered.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"More than 1,000 firefighters battled two blazes in southwestern France.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\\n\\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\\n\\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\\n\\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\\n\\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\\n\\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\\n\\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"More than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nAs Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires.\\n\\nExtreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will escalate across Southern California from Thursday through Saturday as Hurricane Kay \u2013 forecast to make the closest pass to Southern California of any such storm since 1997 \u2013 aims to approach the western coastline of Baja California.\\n\\nParts of Southern California will see dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, as Kay causes strong, hot and dry winds to blow toward the Pacific coast from inland desert regions \u2013 similar to Santa Ana Winds, according to meteorologists. That hot air gets compressed as it moves through the mountains, causing temperatures to rise.\\n\\nAs a result, Los Angeles will push triple-digit heat Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 100 and 112 \u2013 with overnight temperatures set to fall only to the mid-70s to mid-80s. San Diego is under an excessive heat warning, with temperatures up to 97 degrees forecast.\\n\\nMeantime, Kay\u2019s winds could gust over 60 mph as winds around the storm begin to interact with the mountainous terrain of Southern California. That could spell further trouble for firefighters battling the fast-moving Fairview Fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres since it started Monday.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Californians are enduring a historic heat wave.","score":4,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom has closed the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Russia limits exports of natural gas.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Some Russian gas is still flowing to Europe through pipelines passing through Ukraine and Bulgaria.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"European benchmark natural gas prices to spike 28%.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Europe imposes sanctions on Russia.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.\\n\\nThe primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.\\n\\nThe crisis deepened when Russia\u2019s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.\\n\\nEuropean officials say it\u2019s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion.\\n\\nHere is the latest on Europe\u2019s efforts to avoid an energy disaster:\\n\\nJust about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe\u2019s natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.\\n\\nThere\u2019s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"European officials accuse Russia of energy blackmail.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Europe\u2019s energy crisis is deepening","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Turmoil happened in natural gas, coal, electricity, and oil markets.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Euro sinks below $0.99 and pound hits $1.14 due to fears of a drastic energy shortage.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\nGermany\\'s economy minister warns of a \"market collapse\" if natural-gas prices continue to soar.\\nGermany has triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.\\nThat\\'s after Russia \u2014citing a techincal reason \u2014 slowed piped natural-gas supplies to Germany.\\n\\nGermany warned the country\\'s energy crisis may trigger a \"Lehman effect\" across the utility sector as it moved one step closer to rationing natural gas.\\n\\nGermany \u2014 Europe\\'s largest economy \u2014 moved into the second of its three-stage emergency gas plan on Thursday after Russia slowed supplies to the country, exacerbating concerns over an energy crunch. These supply fears have already driven European natural gas futures up by 85% year-to-date.\\n\\nUnder the second stage of Germany\\'s emergency gas plan, utility companies can pass on price increases to customers. The government is holding back on triggering the clause for now. But Habeck said they could kick in if the supply crunch and price increases persist, as energy suppliers that buy power on the wholesale market are running up losses and many could ultimately fail as a result.\\n\\n\"If this minus gets so big that they can\\'t carry it anymore, the whole market is in danger of collapsing at some point \u2014 so a Lehman effect in the energy system,\" said German economy minister Robert Habeck at a press conference, according to a Bloomberg translation. Habeck was referring to financial services firm Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 amid the subprime mortgage crisis \u2014 which spilled over and caused the Global Financial Crisis.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Germany triggered the second stage of its three-stage emergency gas plan on supply fears.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped\\n\\nThe global energy crisis triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA\u2019s World Energy Outlook.\\n\\nToday\u2019s energy crisis is delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. The biggest tremors have been felt in the markets for natural gas, coal and electricity \u2013 with significant turmoil in oil markets as well, necessitating two oil stock releases of unparalleled scale by IEA member countries to avoid even more severe disruptions. With unrelenting geopolitical and economic concerns, energy markets remain extremely vulnerable, and the crisis is a reminder of the fragility and unsustainability of the current global energy system, the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) warns.\\n\\nThe WEO\u2019s analysis finds scant evidence to support claims from some quarters that climate policies and net zero commitments contributed to the run-up in energy prices. In the most affected regions, higher shares of renewables were correlated with lower electricity prices \u2013 and more efficient homes and electrified heat have provided an important buffer for some consumers, albeit far from enough. The heaviest burden is falling on poorer households where a larger share of income is spent on energy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"IEA member countries have released two oil stock releases of unprecedented scale.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country\u2019s finances.\\n\\nLiz Truss, who earlier this week succeeded Boris Johnson, told lawmakers Wednesday that she would unveil her plans to tackle sky-high energy prices on Thursday.\\n\\nTruss is drawing up plans to freeze the average annual energy bill for households at around \u00a32,500 ($2,860) for the next two years, the Financial Times reported. That would mean bills rising by 27% from their current level, but keep them well below the \u00a33,549 ($3,954) they would hit starting in October without government intervention.\\n\\nIt will be expensive. The FT reported that the plan could include \u00a390 billion ($103 billion) in support to households, and up to \u00a360 billion ($69 billion) for businesses, the FT said.\\n\\nIf so, that would outstrip the amount the government spent subsidizing the salaries of millions of workers during the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs by a whopping \u00a380 billion ($91 billion). It would also dwarf the \u20ac95 billion ($94 billion) the German government has promised so far this year to help its households and businesses meet their energy costs.\\n\\nLike the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom is grappling with how to pay for its ambitious relief package.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is preparing to commit up to \u00a3150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from rising energy bills. ","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope\u2019s energy crisis is deepening as Russia further limits exports of natural gas, forcing governments to spend billions to protect businesses and consumers from soaring bills as the region slides towards recession.\\n\\nEuropean benchmark natural gas prices spiked 28% on Monday morning to hit \u20ac274 ($272) per megawatt hour \u2014 the first day of trading after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted flows through the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, claiming it had found an oil leak in a turbine.\\n\\nLast year, the pipeline delivered about 35% of Europe\u2019s total Russian gas imports. But since June, Gazprom had slashed flows along Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of its capacity, citing maintenance issues and a dispute over a missing turbine caught up in Western export sanctions.\\n\\nMoscow\u2019s decision not to reopen the pipeline on Saturday stoked concerns that the European Union could run short of gas this winter, despite a successful effort to fill storage tanks. Similar fears in the United Kingdom sent wholesale natural gas futures up by more than a third on Monday.\\n\\nNews of the pipeline\u2019s indefinite closure on Friday caused the euro to sink below $0.99 on Monday \u2014 its lowest level in 20 years. The pound hit $1.14, its lowest since 1985, as traders worried about the toll a potentially drastic energy shortage could have on regional economic activity and government budgets.\\n\\nSome countries are preparing to spend big to try to limit the pain.\\n\\nOn Sunday, the German government announced a \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope as inflation soars.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"German government announces \u20ac65 billion ($64 billion) relief package to help households and companies cope with inflation.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nEurope could solve its energy crisis by scrapping sanctions against Russia and launching the mothballed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the speaker of Russia\\'s lower house of parliament said on Friday.\\n\\nGermany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project on Feb. 22, just two days before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in what it calls a \"special military operation\", and after the Kremlin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.\\n\\nSome Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption, including limiting their use of electrical appliances and showering at work to save money, while companies are bracing for possible rationing. read more\\n\\nDuma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said energy security is impossible without Russia.\\n\\n\"The moment of truth has come for European leaders. They have two ways out of the situation they have created for themselves,\" he wrote on Telegram.\\n\\n\"The first one. Lift illegal sanctions against our country and launch Nord Stream 2. The second one. To leave everything as it is, which will lead to problems in the economy and make life even more difficult for citizens.\"\\n\\nEurope\\'s most divisive energy project, costing $11 billion, was finished in September 2021, but has stood idle pending certification by Germany and the European Union.\\n\\nMoscow\\'s military actions in Ukraine have triggered sweeping sanctions from the West, led to a cut in energy supplies from Russia and stoked inflation across the globe to multi-year highs.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Some Europeans have been voluntarily cutting their energy consumption.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":13,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nJennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can\\'t pay, she feels the impact immediately.\\n\\nThe power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.\\n\\nLike millions of people, Jones, 54, is struggling to cope as energy and food prices skyrocket during Britain\\'s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The former school supervisor has health problems and relies on government benefits to get by, but her welfare payments are nowhere near enough to cover her sharply rising bills.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always struggled, but not as much,\" she said. \"Everything is going up. I can\\'t even pay my rent, my council tax, I can\\'t afford to do anything. ... I keep asking myself, what am I supposed to do?\"\\n\\nAnd things are getting worse. U.K. residents will see an additional 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country\\'s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.\\n\\nThe latest price cap \u2014 the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy \u2014 will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January to 4,000 pounds.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Jennifer Jones is struggling to pay her energy bills.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nFinding a joint strategy to ease the European Union\\'s ailing energy market is set to drive discussions in Brussels this week, as EU leaders convene for a two-day summit.\\n\\nEnergy prices \u2014 determined by the price of gas, coal and oil \u2014 had already soared across the globe after COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted and economies opened up, and the war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis. Moscow\\'s decision to cut gas supplies to the EU since launching the invasion has had a dynamic impact on gas prices within the bloc.\\n\\nPrices rose to a record high of \u20ac335 ($337) per megawatt hour (MWh) in the spring. Since then, prices have fallen to about \u20ac225 per MWh, but are still up 300% since the start of 2022.\\n\\nPhuc-Vinh Nguyen, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute, a Paris think tank, told DW that if the war continued to escalate European gas prices would remain relatively high, and could be up to four times as much by 2025. \"This will be a big issue for industries and also for consumers,\" he said.\\n\\nEU leaders and their energy ministers have held a string of meetings over the past few weeks to find solutions to reduce these high prices. But a united strategy is not yet on the table.\\n\\nDivisions persist over \"capping prices,\" with some EU states, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Greece, wanting a pan-European wholesale price cap on gas. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"EU leaders convene for a two-day summit to discuss a joint strategy to ease the European Union's ailing energy market.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":7,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"President Donald Trump chose a successor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"June 27, 2016: Supreme Court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"December 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn a historic and far-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.\\n\\nWriting for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe \"must be overruled\" because they were \"egregiously wrong,\" the arguments \"exceptionally weak\" and so \"damaging\" that they amounted to \"an abuse of judicial authority.\"\\n\\nThe decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.\\n\\nJoining the Alito opinion were Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by the first President Bush, and the three Trump appointees \u2014 Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, concurred in the judgment only, and would have limited the decision to upholding the Mississippi law at issue in the case, which banned abortions after 15 weeks. Calling the decision \"a serious jolt to the legal system,\" he said that both the majority and dissent displayed \"a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"June 24, 2022: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Trump appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Donald Trump elected President of the United States.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\\n\\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\\n\\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\\n\\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Lawsuits have been filed in several states arguing that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":7,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor decades, the legal battle over abortion focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and its guiding document, the U.S. Constitution.\\n\\nNow, with Roe v. Wade overturned, the legal spotlight has shifted to the states, where abortion supporters and opponents must contend with 50 different constitutions that, in many places, guarantee rights more broadly than their federal counterpart.\\n\\nThe legal chaos has already begun. In a half-dozen states and counting, lawsuits argue that new restrictive abortion laws are in violation of state constitutions.\\n\\nSo, too, the stakes have grown for ballot measures scheduled this year to amend those constitutions, whether to protect the right to an abortion or eliminate it.\\n\\n\"For anyone who thought, \\'Oh, Roe v. Wade is done and now this whole thing is over\\' \u2014 I have bad news,\" Mary Ziegler, an abortion law expert at the University of California Davis, tells NPR. \"This is just going to be an even more complicated chapter that we\\'re entering into.\"\\n\\nAnd experts say the uncertainty could continue for years to come, given the relative ease of amending state constitutions and the judicial elections in many states that can result in rapid changes to a court\\'s ideological makeup.\\n\\nIn the days since the Dobbs decision, abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts to find a right to abortion in at least four states, including Utah, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi. (Some other active legal challenges, including lawsuits in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, do not ask judges to evaluate the constitutionality of abortion rights. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Abortion rights organizations have filed lawsuits challenging state courts in at least four states.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America.\\n\\nJoe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.\\n\\nThe court, the president said, had pointed America down \u201can extreme and dangerous path\u201d. Sounding an alarm over a concurring opinion by the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, Biden said key rights including same-sex marriage and access to contraception could now be targeted by the rightwing court.\\n\\nHe said: \u201cJustice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality. The right of couples to make their choices on contraception.\\n\\n\u201cThis is an extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on.\u201d\\n\\nThe ruling, handed down a day after the court overturned a New York gun control law, came in the case Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed state efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe.\\n\\n\u201cWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,\u201d said the majority opinion, written by Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, referring also to a 1992 ruling which buttressed Roe. \u201cThe constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Joe Biden called the ruling a \u201ctragic error\u201d and the Republicans celebrating it \u201cwrong, extreme and out of touch\u201d.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. \\n\\nBy more than a 20-point margin, Americans call it a step backward rather than forward for America. And women, by more than three to one, think the ruling will make women's lives worse rather than better. \\n\\nThose who approve \u2014 and in particular, the three-fourths of conservatives who do \u2014 say they feel both hopeful and happy. \\n\\nAs they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage.\\n\\nViews on Roe being overturned divide along partisan lines, though perhaps not as completely as political debate or legislative battles might suggest. One in six Democrats approves, and one in five Republicans disapproves. \\n\\nAcross demographic groups, younger people are especially likely to disapprove; most moderates disapprove along with nine in 10 liberals; two-thirds of Hispanic Americans disapprove, three-fourths of Black Americans and just over half of White Americans disapprove. \\n\\nApproval is high among Republicans, those who identify as conservatives, and evangelical Christians.\\n\\nThose who approve of Roe being overturned report feeling hopeful most of all, and happy and relieved. White evangelicals are also particularly likely to express these positive sentiments.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Three-fourths of conservatives approve of the ruling.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\\n\\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\\n\\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\\n\\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\\n\\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nAbortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They\u2019re not backing down.\\n\\nFrom Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal constitutional right to have an abortion.\\n\\nThe fallout was swift: At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday\u2019s ruling. And 26 states have laws indicating they could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.\\n\\nActivists on both sides of the debate rallied in jubilation or devastation.\\n\\n\u201cOld men, stop telling me what to do with my body,\u201d read one protester\u2019s sign in Washington, DC.\\n\\n\u201cPeople\u2019s bodies are more regulated than guns,\u201d read another protester\u2019s sign in Atlanta.\\n\\nOutside the Supreme Court, an elated Valentina Aaron held up a sign with an image of a fetus. \u201cForceps off my body,\u201d the sign read.\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Aaron said about the historic ruling. \u201cIf I was a baby in a womb, I would want someone to stand up for me.\u201d\\n\\nBut nearby, abortion rights supporter Joseph Little held a sign saying, \u201cForced birth is enslavement.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cMaking people give birth is enslavement,\u201d Little told CNN. \u201cWhen you tell people that they no longer have a voice in their own personal matters, that\u2019s enslavement. It\u2019s oppression. And the Bible clearly says that we need to correct oppression.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Protests are planned across the country to denounce the ruling.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nWithin days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the\\u202fSupreme Court\u2019s\\u202fground floor, where\\u202f\u2013\\u202fbefore the ongoing pandemic\\u202f\u2013\\u202ftourists could watch a film about court operations.\\nGrieving aides to the justice who\u2019d served 27 years and become a cultural icon known as the \u201cNotorious RBG\u201d sorted through the chambers\u2019 contents there.\\nThe abrupt mandate from Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 administrative team to clear out Ginsburg\u2019s office and\\u202fmake way for the next justice broke from the common practice of allowing staff sufficient time to move and providing a new justice with temporary quarters if needed while permanent chambers were readied.\\nIt upset employees throughout the building. They were aware that in the weeks before Ginsburg died, her staff had labored to ensure she had case documents at hand, whether in the hospital or at home. They were exhausted from all the memorial arrangements, which had attracted thousands of people to Washington.\\u202f\\nBut the confirmation of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s chosen successor, Indiana-based US appeals court\\u202fJudge Amy Coney Barrett, was as much a fait accompli at the court as in the political sphere.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and \"flip-flopping\" after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court\\'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\\n\\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as \"the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy,\" and he called the decision to overturn it a \"tragic error\" and the \"realization of an extreme ideology.\"\\n\\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden\\'s very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\\n\\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline \"Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982...\" and the caption \"Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\"\\n\\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\\n\\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is \"True.\"\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Abortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\\n\\nAbortion remains legal without restrictions in Oregon, and providers have been anecdotally reporting an increase in travelers.\\n\\nNow there\u2019s data documenting that change, from a national effort called, #WeCount. Led by the Society of Family Planning, it is gathering data from clinicians and tracking changes to abortion nationwide.\\n\\nThe data compares the number of abortions performed in April, before the high court\u2019s decision, to July and August, just after it.\\n\\nIn the Pacific Northwest, the greatest changes occurred between April and August, when a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Idaho. That month, there was a 48% decrease in abortions in Idaho, amounting to 70 fewer abortions. In Oregon over that time period there was an 18% increase in abortions, or 150 more. In Washington, there was a 5% increase in abortions, or 90 more.\\n\\nAlyssa Colwill, the director of family planning clinical services at Oregon Health & Sciences University, says anecdotally, the majority of patients traveling for abortion are coming from Idaho, but she\u2019s also seen patients from Texas, Wisconsin and other states.\\n\\nColwill says women who need to leave their home state for an abortion face steep obstacles. Appointments can be hard to schedule, and many patients are struggling with the cost of travel on top of the cost of an abortion.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion enshrined by Roe v. Wade last June, there were near-immediate consequences for women, children, and families: A 10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Women were denied care while having miscarriages due in part to confusion among health providers. Thirteen states enacted trigger laws, which banned nearly all abortions (though some faced legal challenges), while other states moved to severely restrict the procedure. In the following weeks, some women suffered from sepsis before receiving medically necessary abortions.\\n\\nIt will likely take years to understand the full scope of the consequences, though experts say it will mean more children born in states with high rates of maternal and infant death, and negative physical and mental health outcomes for mothers that will affect their children.\\n\\nOther reverberations from the Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization will be harder to measure. Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. While earlier restrictions and legal challenges had meant that some women, particularly in the South, were living with a de facto ban before the fall of Roe, formally losing that right has had serious implications for people of reproductive age, plunging many women into uncertainty and forcing them to consider how a rapidly shifting political landscape could affect some of the biggest decisions of their lives.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"10-year-old victim of rape was forced to cross state lines to receive an abortion.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":10,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":79,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rule.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\\n\\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\\n\\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\\n\\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\\n\\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\\n\\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\\n\\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\\n\\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\\n\\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini\\'s family were present.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Protests swept across Iran.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country\\'s conservative dress code.\\n\\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\\n\\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\\n\\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\\n\\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\\n\\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\\n\\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":10,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"A lot of Iranians are frustrated with the government for various reasons about the current regime.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":15,"article_a":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The Iranian government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nUN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that the reports be thoroughly and independently investigated and those responsible held to account.\\n\\nThousands of people have been rallying in daily demonstrations throughout the country after 22-year-old Amini\u2019s death on 16 September following her arrest and detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Protesters have been demanding accountability for the death of Amini and calling for an end to the ongoing repression of women and girls\u2019 fundamental rights.\\n\\n\u201cWe are deeply troubled by continued reports of deliberate and unlawful use by the Iranian security forces of live ammunition, metal pellets and buckshot against peaceful unarmed protesters in breach of the principles of legality, precaution, necessity, non-discrimination and proportionality, applicable to the use of force,\u201d the experts said.\\n\\n\u201cAn alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons. The Government must instruct police to immediately cease any use of excessive and lethal force and exercise restraint.\u201d\\n\\nThey said reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces, and the denial of other women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights while in detention, or when active in public, were frightening.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Reports of physical and sexual violence against women and girls during protests and in public spaces have been reported.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\\n\\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\\n\\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\\n\\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"International protests have expanded to express anger over the situation in Iran.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nWorld leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the prevailing crisis of impunity in Iran. Their urgent need for action was demonstrated most recently by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, and the barrage of gunfire unleashed on protesters which has left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured, Amnesty International said today.\\n\\nIranian security forces are violently quashing largely peaceful protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death on 16 September, days after her violent arrest by the \u201cmorality police\u201d for not complying with discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty International collected evidence on the security forces\u2019 unlawful use of birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas, water cannon, and beatings with batons to disperse protesters.\\n\\n\u201cThe global outpouring of rage and empathy over Mahsa Amini\u2019s death must be followed by concrete steps by the international community to tackle the crisis of systemic impunity that has allowed widespread torture, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by Iranian authorities to continue unabated both behind prison walls and during protests,\u201d said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.\\n\\n\u201cThe Iranian authorities\u2019 latest brutal crackdown on protests coincides with Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s speech at the UN.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"UN General Assembly called for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability mechanism to address the crisis of impunity in Iran.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Joe Biden expresses his support behind the demonstrators.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe US is expected to issue new sanctions this week against law enforcement officials and those directly involved in the crackdown on protests in Iran, a source familiar with the planned movement told CNN.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden, who has moved quickly to throw his support behind the demonstrators, issued an intentionally vague statement Monday promising further costs \u201con perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors.\u201d A source told CNN those costs are expected to be in the form of additional sanctions this week, with more action to potentially follow.\\n\\nThe massive protests sweeping Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 after being accused of violating the country\u2019s conservative dress code. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Biden alluded to the protests over her death and said the US stood with the \u201cbrave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.\u201d\\n\\nDays later, the US announced sanctions on Iran\u2019s morality police \u201cfor abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.\u201d\\n\\nThe effort to move quickly to respond to the protests sweeping Iran comes after some top officials in the Biden administration acknowledged that the US was too slow to respond when protests erupted in Iran in 2009. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser who served in the Obama administration, told NBC recently that officials were concerned about undermining the protesters instead of aiding them.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"US expected to issue new sanctions against law enforcement officials involved in Iran protests crackdown.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nNearly five months after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the country\u2019s \u201cmorality police\u201d after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \u201cimproperly,\u201d sparking outrage and nationwide demonstrations, Iranian state news media reports the country\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has approved a proposal to \u201cpardon or commute\u201d sentences for tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty. The decree is a rare acknowledgment from the government of the sheer volume of people it has detained, but it comes with conditions that will likely exclude protesters, CNN reports.\\n\\nDespite talks of amnesty, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on demonstrators with lethal violence. As of January, the government has executed at least four prisoners over crimes it claims they committed during the demonstrations, underlining the speed at which Iranian authorities are carrying out the death sentences of detainees. News of the executions, which included a public hanging, arrived shortly after a senior Iranian official suggested the morality police had been \u201cabolished by the same authorities who installed it,\u201d which the Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied. For weeks, videos have shown police beating protesters \u2014 many of whom are women and teenagers \u2014 with batons and spraying tear gas and bullets into crowds. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed, though widespread internet blackouts have made it difficult to confirm the fatalities.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Over 500 people, including 70 children and at least 29 women, have been killed.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The Netherlands and Belgium were hit by flooding.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Building structures collapsed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"At least 105 people have been killed in two western states in Germany.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\\n\\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\\n\\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\\n\\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric \"blocking\" patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\\n\\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\\n\\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\\n\\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\\n\\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\\n\\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"A dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\\n\\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\\n\\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\\n\\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\\n\\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\\n\\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\\n\\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\\n\\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock at the scope of the flooding.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\\n\\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\\n\\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\\n\\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\\n\\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\\n\\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\\n\\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\\n\\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Boat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The rapidly warming Arctic creates high-level winds such as the jet stream.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nCatastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say.\\n\\nHigh-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scenario. The slower a storm moves, the more rain it dumps on a small area and the greater the risk of serious flooding.\\n\\nResearchers already knew that the higher air temperatures caused by the climate crisis mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which in turn has led to more extreme downpours. The latest analysis, however, is the first to assess the role of slow-moving storms in causing extreme downpours in Europe.\\n\\nThe storms projected in the new study move even more slowly than those which drenched Germany, the Netherlands and other countries in the past week and so would lead to even more extreme rainfall and flooding. \u201cThe simulations give the idea that even worse can happen,\u201d said Abdullah Kahraman at Newcastle University in the UK, who led the research.\\n\\nProf Lizzie Kendon at the UK Met Office said: \u201cThis study shows that in addition to the intensification of rainfall with global warming, we can also expect a big increase in slow-moving storms. This is very relevant to the recent flooding seen in Germany and Belgium, which highlights the devastating impacts of slow-moving storms.\u201d\\n\\nScientists think the rapidly warming Arctic may be the root cause of slowing weather systems, by decelerating high-level winds such as the jet stream.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Higher air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more moisture.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\\n\\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\\n\\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\\n\\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\\n\\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\\n\\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\\n\\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\\n\\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\\n\\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \\n\\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\\n\\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \\n\\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\".","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The trading range narrowed.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The trading range narrowed.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The trading range narrowed.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Elon Musk expressed support for cryptocurrency despite environmental risks.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"In early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"In 2021, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The trading range narrowed.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Ethereum has a long-standing problem with scaling and unpredictable transaction fees.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"In 2021, there was a rapid rise of NFTs.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Ether price broke out from $1,971 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"NFTs are mostly built on Ethereum's blockchain.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":12,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn early 2021 Bitcoin and Ether price was the center of attention as each asset seemed to hit a new all-time high every 24-hours and traders called for $100,000 BTC and $5,000 ETH. Fast forward to the present and both assets are still more than 40% down from their all-time highs and the bulls calling for unbelievable price targets are nowhere to be found.    \\n\\nA recent report from CoinMetrics reviewed the performance of Bitcoin and altcoins during Q2 2021 and the analysts found that even with the sharp May 19 market correction many assets finished the quarter in the green with Dogecoin coming out on top with a  392% gain.\\n\\nEthereum Classic and Polygon (MATIC) were the other two breakaway stars of Q2, with each gaining 297% and 227% respectively despite a nearly 39% decline in the price of Bitcoin.\\n\\nOne of the biggest developments during Q2 was the Ether price breakout from $1,971 on April 1 to a new record high of $4,362 on May 11 before the market-wide sell-off resulted in a quarterly close at $2,240, which represents a 13.2% gain.\\n\\nCoinMetrics highlighted that Ether price \u201cbenefited from a renewed surge of retail interest which was partially driven by the rapid rise of NFTs.\\n\\nAs a result of the retail surge, the number of addresses holding at least 0.1 Ether increased from 4.58 million to more than 5.20 million.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time highs in early 2021.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Elon Musk revealed he owns ethereum at The B Word conference.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"ETH\/BTC formed a pattern known as a rising wedge, which is a traditional bearish reversal pattern.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nA recent run-up in Ether prices against its top rival, Bitcoin, appears to be at the risk of exhaustion, even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as the stronger of the two.\\n\\nThe ETH\/BTC exchange rate has risen by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from the spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital, an independent market research firm, to highlight Ether\\'s \"formidable strength\" in the Bitcoin-quoted markets. They wrote:\\n\\n\"If you look at the YTD ETH\/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn\u2019t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it\u2019s been in a year.\"\\nBut a closer look into the ETH\/BTC chart returns evidence that bullish traders might be heading into a bull trap.\\n\\nETH\/BTC formed a pattern that began wide at the bottom and contracted as the price moved higher. As a result, the trading range narrowed. Meanwhile, the volumes declined as the prices rose and the contracting pattern evolved.\\n\\nClassic chartists refer to the structure as a rising wedge. They interpret it as a traditional bearish reversal pattern, primarily because of the loss of the upside momentum on each successive high formation.\\n\\nRising wedges mature as the asset reaches the level where its two trendlines converge. Nevertheless, bearish confirmations do not come until the price breaks below the wedge support in a convincing fashion.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"The volumes declined as the prices rose.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":13,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe price of ethereum rose Wednesday afternoon after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he owns the cryptocurrency at The B Word conference, an event hosted by the Crypto Council for Innovation.\\n\\nEthereum, which was already rallying on the day, touched its high of the session after Musk\u2019s mention. It was last up more than 12% and near the highs of the day.\\n\\nMusk also repeated his support for cryptocurrency in general, despite potential environmental risks, saying, \u201cOne thing you do need to watch out for with crypto, especially bitcoin, using proof of work, using energy that\u2019s a bit too much and not necessarily good for the environment.\u201d\\n\\nAs bitcoin mining is increasingly powered by renewable energy, Musk said, Tesla will likely move to accept bitcoin for transactions once again.\\n\\nMusk also said that at this time, the only publicly traded stock he owns is Tesla\u2019s, and that he personally owns some bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum. \u201cThe only significant thing I own outside of Tesla is SpaceX,\u201d he noted, having helped create both companies.\\n\\nHe also said he has been holding his bitcoin long term.\\n\\n\u201cIf the price of bitcoin goes down I lose money. I might pump but I don\u2019t dump,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling or anything like that. I would like to see bitcoin succeed.\u201d\\n\\nMusk also confirmed that both Tesla and SpaceX own bitcoin, and no other cryptocurrency at this time.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Ethereum price rose after Musk's mention.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\\n\\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\\n\\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\\n\\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\\n\\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\\n\\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\\n\\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\\n\\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"The 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar between Ethereum and bitcoin prices.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nEthereum\u2019s much-hyped and somewhat controversial \u201cLondon\u201d hard fork has just activated.\\n\\nSo far, news of the successful upgrade has coincided with a runup in the price of ether, the native token of ethereum\u2019s blockchain. The cryptocurrency is at $2,620, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.\\n\\nA big part of the enthusiasm has to do with the fact that the software upgrade means a few big \u2014 and necessary \u2014 changes are coming to the code underpinning the world\u2019s second-biggest cryptocurrency. \\n\\nIt has always been a tough go for ethereum users. The blockchain has a long-standing problem with scaling, and its highly unpredictable and sometimes exorbitant transaction fees can annoy even its biggest fans.\\n\\nThe problem has become worse in recent months thanks to a surge in interest in nonfungible tokens, which are mostly built on ethereum\u2019s blockchain, as well as an explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which also largely uses the ethereum blockchain.\\n\\nThursday\u2019s changes to the code, which has little to do with the city of London, are designed to fix many of these issues by destroying or \u201cburning\u201d ether coins and changing the way transaction fees work so that they are more predictable. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The software upgrade behind Ethereum brings necessary changes to the code underpinning the cryptocurrency.","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":5,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":3,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","score":6,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nThousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city \u2014 and nation \u2014 that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them.\\n\\nDemonstrators from about a dozen separate protests marched along normally bustling thoroughfares toward the White House through a large swath of downtown cordoned off by police, in what was D.C.'s largest assembled crowd since the Women\u2019s March against President Donald Trump after his inauguration in 2017.\\n\\nOfficials expected the city to swell with some 100,000 to 200,000 protesters, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a news conference Friday. Protests began early Saturday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial before coming together near the White House.\\n\\nLarge protests also took place across the U.S. and in major cities overseas, including London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, Australia, according to the Associated Press.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Floyd was remembered in his small hometown of Raeford, N.C., where hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the African American man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer 12 days ago.\\n\\nWhile the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd\u2019s death hasn\u2019t subsided.\\n\\nMany D.C. marchers, like Angel Ughiovhe, say they\u2019ve come back to protest every day because \u201cenough is enough.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest demonstration yet over George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody erupt in cities across the US.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Curfews imposed in many cities, but largely ignored by protesters.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Police vehicles set on fire and shops looted in several cities.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Riot police face off with protesters, firing tear gas and pepper bullets.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Americans had a deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nIn the nearly three weeks since videos surfaced of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, thousands have participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. In Los Angeles, Athens, Tel Aviv, Sydney, and Mexico City, protestors have left their homes and taken to the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic to honor Floyd, to stand against racism, and to demand justice for others killed by the police. Here are powerful photos from those protests, from multi-lingual signs to Compton Cowboys on horseback.\\n\\nTo support the Black Lives Matter movement, you can also donate your travel rewards points to groups fighting for racial justice and spend your money at Black-owned bookstores and Black-owned restaurants throughout North America.\\n\\nDemonstrators honor George Floyd at the site of his murder on June 3. After 13 days of around-the-clock demonstrations, the city of Minneapolis met protestors' demands and announced plans to disband their police department, focusing instead on community-led initiatives. \\n\\nDutch protestors gathered on and around the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests around the world. The Democrats 66, a political party in the Netherlands, is currently calling for a ban on police chokeholds within their own police forces.\\n\\nSparked by Floyd's murder, protestors gathered in Paris last week with signs that read \u201cJustice pour Adama.\u201d Adama Traor\u00e9 was a Malian-French man who died in police custody in 2016, in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Videos of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was released.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.\\n\\nDozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes.\\n\\nRiot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds.\\n\\nPolice vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.\\n\\nThe country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.\\n\\nThe outpouring of anger began last Tuesday after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.\\n\\nMore than 75 cities have seen protests, with streets only days ago deserted because of coronavirus full of demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder. Some US officials have warned of protest-connected virus outbreaks.\\n\\nThe Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.\\n\\nFor many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Americans are frustrated over socio-economic inequality and discrimination for years.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"BLM protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The protests in Portland have divided residents.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"The killing of a right-wing Trump supporter during one of the protests in Portland has pushed the crisis further towards a breaking point.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\nOnce hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos \u2014 and the killing of a supporter of President Donald Trump.\\n\\nThe demonstrations that started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have divided residents and embarrassed the city\u2019s beleaguered Democratic mayor.\\n\\nThey have also transformed Oregon\u2019s largest city into a centerpiece of Trump\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d re-election campaign theme, even as activists slam the police for aggressive tactics.\\n\\nThe slaying of the right-wing Trump supporter gunned down after he came downtown last weekend with a pro-Trump caravan of pickup trucks pushed the crisis further toward a breaking point. The prime suspect in the shooting, self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl, was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.\\n\\nAmid the turbulence, Portland now finds itself as a proxy for the culture wars sweeping the nation.\\n\\nThe exact date of the 100-day milestone depends on how the protests are counted, but everyone agrees the benchmark falls over the Labor Day weekend. Black Lives Matter protests, vigils and speeches marking the occasion are planned over three days and Trump supporters are planning another caravan rally.\\n\\nThe events come after officials in suburban counties refused a call from Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, for their deputies to assist Portland police following last weekend\u2019s violence.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"The prime suspect in the shooting in Portland was killed Thursday night by law enforcement.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nUrgent plans to defuse tensions and address fury over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people are being drawn up by the mayor of London, as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend.\\n\\nThe initiative from Sadiq Khan to apply pressure on the Metropolitan police, the UK\u2019s largest force, over the use of stop and search, Tasers and other practices comes amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus in crowds, and fears of violence as it emerged that far-right groups were planning counter-demonstrations.\\n\\nSteps to address anger over systemic racism, brought into sharp focus after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, contrast with UK ministers\u2019 rhetoric and pressure from Tory backbenchers for police and prosecutors to crack down on disorder.\\n\\nBoris Johnson acknowledged the \u201cincontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice\u201d behind the BLM protests, in an article for the black newspaper the Voice, in which he also strongly condemned those who have flouted social distancing to attend them.\\n\\nHe wrote that he would not support such action \u201cfor the obvious reason that we risk a new infection at a critical time and just as we have made huge progress\u201d, adding that: \u201cThose who attack public property or the police \u2013 who injure the police officers who are trying to keep us all safe \u2013 those people will face the full force of the law.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"In UK, far-right groups are planning counter-demonstrations.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":48,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nBlack Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.\\n\\nDemonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.\\n\\nThe historian David Olusoga compared the action to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. However, the home secretary, Priti Patel, urged the police to respond. She told Sky News: \u201cI think that is utterly disgraceful and that speaks to the acts of public disorder that have actually now become a distraction from the cause in which people are protesting about.\u201d\\n\\nSupt Andy Bennett, of Somerset and Avon police, said his force was carrying out an investigation into criminal damage.\\n\\nHowever, Bennett told the BBC he understood that Colston was \u201ca historical figure that\u2019s caused the black community quite a lot of angst over the last couple of years\u201d, adding: \u201cWhilst I am disappointed that people would damage one of our statues, I do understand why it\u2019s happened, it\u2019s very symbolic. \\n\\n\u201cYou might wonder why we didn\u2019t intervene and why we just allowed people to put it in the docks \u2013 we made a very tactical decision, to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do, in terms of our policing tactics, was to allow it to take place.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The statue was then rolled down the street and pushed into Bristol Harbour.","article_id_b":15,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe death of George Floyd this May set into course a historic summer of protest for the Black Lives Matter movement, with millions of Americans marching in towns and cities across the country in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality. \\n\\nBoth the demonstrations and their coverage were intensely polarizing, and despite most Black Lives Matter protests having been overwhelmingly nonviolent, some violence and property destruction took place, and law enforcement in many areas responded with force. Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors. \\n\\nAccording to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities, those arrested over the course of the past five months were \u201ca diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes.\u201d\\n\\nWith the presidential election just a few days away, it\u2019s difficult to fathom the events Americans have endured this year but equally impossible to negate the progress that has been made. Just last week Kristen Welker, the second black woman to moderate a general presidential debate, asked Democratic nominee Joe Biden about \u201cthe talk\u201d that each Black and Brown parent has with their child \u2014 warning them how to minimize their chance of encountering violence with police.\\n\\nThe incumbent, President Trump, has warned voters about Black Lives Matter, anti-fascists and extremist \u201cfar left\u201d groups in the lead up to the election.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Tens of thousands of demonstrators and activists were arrested, and hundreds hit with more serious charges by federal and local prosecutors.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Brazil elects a far-right president.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"More than 74K fires reported in Brazil this year.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"International pressure is needed to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":80,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\\n\\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\\n\\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\\n\\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\\n\\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"The fires are releasing greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"The fires have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency and created giant smoke clouds.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe world\u2019s largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America \u2013 an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region. A new plant or animal species is discovered there every two days.\\n\\nThe Amazon forest, which produces about 20% of earth\u2019s oxygen, is often referred to as \u201cthe planet\u2019s lungs.\u201d\\n\\nAn inferno in the Amazon, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the rainforest ecosystem and also affects the entire globe.\\n\\nSince the beginning of 2019, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research (known as \u201cINPE\u201d) has reported 72,843 fires in the country, with more than half of these being seen in the Amazon region. This means more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day, INPE has stated.\\n\\nAn 80% increase in deforestation has occurred so far this year compared to last year, according to the institute.\\n\\nEvidence of the fires also comes by way of a map created by the European Union\u2019s satellite program, Copernicus, that shows smoke from the fires spreading all along Brazil to the east Atlantic coast. Smoke has covered nearly half of the country and has begun to spill into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"An 80% increase in deforestation has occurred.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\\n\\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\\n\\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest are driving a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil, according to a new report.\\n\\nThe fires, which have now been burning for months, are posing \u201ca major risk to the health of the population,\u201d said the report, published Wednesday by public health research institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.\\n\\nThe fires are releasing greenhouse gases like carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide, as well as toxic pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report said. While the primary concern has been on their effect on the climate, these gases and pollutants can also aggravate heart disease and cause inflammation, nerve disorders, atherosclerosis, and even cancer.\\n\\nThe microscopic PM2.5 particles are especially dangerous \u2013 they\u2019re so small they can lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs and the bloodstream. In the short term they can cause inflammation and respiratory problems \u2013 in the long term, cancer and heart attacks.\\n\\nThese harmful effects are most visible in Brazil\u2019s \u201cArc of Deforestation,\u201d in the southern part of the rainforest where most of the burning is happening, the report said. In May and June about 5,000 children were hospitalized each month in this region \u2013 twice the expected number.\\n\\nCities closest to the fires saw a 36% increase in children\u2019s hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, the report found.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"There is a spike in breathing problems and hospitalizations among children in Brazil.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Conservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon rainforest are sovereign territory.\\n\\nConservationists blame Mr Bolsonaro and his government for turning a blind eye to farmers and loggers clearing land in the Amazon, hastening deforestation.\\n\\nBut in an address at the United Nations in New York, he struck a defiant note.\\n\\nHe said it was a \"fallacy\" to describe the Amazon as the heritage of humanity and a \"misconception\" that its forests were the lungs of the world.\\n\\nBrazil - home to more than half the Amazon rainforest - has seen a significant rise in the number of fires in 2019, according to US space agency Nasa and others.\\n\\nEnvironmentalists say the far-right Mr Bolsonaro\\'s policies have led to an increase in fires this year, and that he has encouraged cattle farmers and loggers to clear large areas of the rainforest since his election last October.\\n\\nSpeaking at the UN General Assembly, Mr Bolsonaro criticised what he described as sensational reporting in the international media.\\n\\n\"Using and resorting to these fallacies, certain countries, instead of helping ... behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit,\" he said.\\n\\n\"They even called into question that which we hold as a most sacred value, our sovereignty.\"\\n\\nMr Bolsonaro was speaking the day after an impassioned speech from teenage Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who accused world leaders of betraying young people in favour of what she described as \"fairy tales of eternal economic growth\".\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Mr Bolsonaro accused certain countries of behaving in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron called for emergency talks on the subject at the G7 summit.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"President Donald Trump supports the G-7 initiative.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\\n\\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\\n\\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\\n\\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\\n\\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"The EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $5 million pledge to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nIt comes amid global outcry over fires in the Brazilian Amazon, with celebrities calling for action and pledging to donate to efforts in order to tackle the issue.\\n\\nDiCaprio announced on Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization dedicated to environmental philanthropy that he co-chairs, was pledging $5 million in funding to protect the Amazon.\\n\\nIn an Instagram post, he said the fund\u2019s purpose was \u201cto focus critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of fires currently burning across the region.\u201d\\n\\nThe post has been liked more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. DiCaprio also asked his 34 million followers to donate to the fund, with Earth Alliance promising that 100% of the money raised will go directly to forest preservation efforts.\\n\\nSpeaking to Reuters on Monday, DiCaprio said the crisis in the Amazon was \u201cincredibly tragic.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cThe governments around the world, including Brazil, need to work together to make sure this doesn\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.\\n\\nAlso on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said G-7 nations will provide at least 20 million euros ($22 million) in emergency funding to help with efforts to prevent fires in the Amazon rainforest.\\n\\nSpeaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Macron also said he had a long discussion with President Donald Trump about the issue, adding that Trump supported the G-7 initiative.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $5 million to help reduce the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Fire alarm rang out interrupting mass in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Security guards started to evacuate the Notre Dame although there was no sign of a fire.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\\n\\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The cathedral\u2019s spire burned to a blackened shell and collapsed.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":63,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Observers sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world\\'s most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\\n\\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral\\'s main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\\n\\n\\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\\n\\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\\n\\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang \"Ave Maria\" as they watched the blaze.\\n\\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\\n\\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\\n\\n\"Let\\'s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we\\'ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world\\'s Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Firefighters had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron announces an ambition for Notre Dame to be rebuilt within five years.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\nEmmanuel Macron has announced he wants to see Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt \u201cmore beautiful than before\u201d within five years, but there are warnings that the repairs could take decades and will involve substantial challenges.\\n\\nThe main problems include the sourcing of materials and painstaking work to preserve elements of the church that have survived the fire but might have been badly damaged by it, experts have warned.\\n\\nEric Fischer, who heads a foundation restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg Cathedral that recently underwent a three-year facelift, said he thought rebuilding Notre Dame would probably take several decades.\\n\\n\u201cThe damage will be significant,\u201d Fischer said.\\n\\nAudrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, the UN\u2019 cultural organisation, said restoring Notre Dame \u201cwill last a long time and cost a lot of money\u201d.\\n\\nDonations have poured in from around the world for the restoration efforts, with more than \u20ac800m (\u00a3692m) pledged as French tycoons and global corporations announced they would donate.\\n\\n\u201cThe fire at Notre Dame reminds us that our history never stops and we will always have challenges to overcome,\u201d Macron said on Tuesday night. \u201cWe will rebuild Notre Dame, more beautiful than before \u2013 and I want it done in the next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.\u201d\\n\\nFrench authorities revealed on Tuesday that the cathedral was within \u201c15 to 30 minutes\u201d of complete destruction as firefighters battled to stop flames reaching its gothic bell towers.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Global corporations and wealthy French individuals pledge over \u20ac800 million in donations.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"A little over three months after Paris\\' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\\n\\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\\n\\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France\\'s historical monuments.\\n\\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\\n\\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\\n\\n\"I\\'ve always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut. \"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We\\'re also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Emmanuel Macron vowing to raise funds worldwide.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"There was possibly a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction in Notre Dame.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company, is one of two chosen to restore the roof.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral after a health scare over lead particles from the fire.\\n\\nIt is the second attempt to remove hazardous dust spread across a swath of central Paris that settled on homes, schools and on the ground after the blaze in April that destroyed the cathedral\u2019s roof and spire.\\n\\nPolice sealed off the area around the cathedral to vehicles and pedestrians on Tuesday morning as the 10-day clean-up began. The nearby suburban train station has been closed and buses diverted.\\n\\nDecontamination teams will use \u201cultra high pressure\u201d water hoses filled with a chemical detergent or gel which will then be vacuumed up, taking the lead with it, officials hope.\\n\\nExperts say 400 tons of lead from the roof and spire burned during the blaze that engulfed the cathedral, threatening the collapse of the entire edifice.\\n\\nThe regional prefect said work on consolidating the damaged building \u2013 halted over health concerns for site workers \u2013 would begin again next week.\\n\\n\u201cOur priority is to foresee any risk that could affect employees working on the site,\u201d Michel Cadot, the prefect, said in a statement.\\n\\nSeveral schools and creches in the area are being decontaminated before term starts in September and 162 local schoolchildren have been tested for lead levels \u2013 16 were found to have levels that need monitoring and one child was found to have a worryingly high level, but officials said it was unclear if this was linked to Notre Dame or his home.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Clean-up workers have begun a huge \u201cdecontamination\u201d operation around Notre Dame Cathedral.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday.\\n\\nA preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.\\n\\nInvestigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said.\\n\\nProsecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.\\n\\n\u201cIf certain failings \u2013 which may explain the scale of the fire \u2013 have been brought to light, the investigations carried out to this date have not been able to determine the causes of the fire,\u201d Heitz said.\\n\\nHeitz said the judicial investigation would be carried out \u201con the grounds of involuntary damage by fire due to a manifestly deliberate breach of a duty of care or safety imposed by law or regulation, which occurred under conditions likely to expose persons to bodily harm.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\\n\\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\\n\\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\\n\\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\\n\\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\\n\\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\\n\\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Jackson's article published innuendo suggesting a \"Muslim attack\" was responsible.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there\\'s a \u201c50 percent chance\u201d the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year\\'s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.\\n\\nMonsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn\\'t likely to begin until 2021 \u2014 and described his \u201cheartache\u201d that Notre Dame couldn\\'t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.\\n\\n\u201cToday it is not out of danger,\" he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. \u201cIt will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cToday we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,\u201d he said.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral\\'s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.\\n\\nSome 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged. Removing them without causing further problems is one of the toughest parts of the cleanup effort.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Cathedral won't hold Christmas services.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\\n\\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\\n\\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\\n\\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\\n\\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\\n\\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Investigation opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office regarding the fire.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"When you combine an international event with the rapid dissemination of news on social media, too often you get loads of misinformation and, sometimes, completely fabricated conspiracy theories.\\n\\nUnfortunately, such is the case with the massive fire that nearly destroyed the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15.\\n\\nFrench authorities said they have not found evidence of arson and terrorism, and they are treating the fire as an accident that may be linked to an ongoing 6 million-euro renovation project on the church.\\n\\nThat still didn\u2019t stop some internet users from suggesting it was some kind of terrorist act \u2013 as did one low-quality video clip posted to Facebook by the page \"Equinox News Network.\"\\n\\nThe 18-second clip shows a man walking in one of the cathedral\u2019s towers not long after the fire started. The video\u2019s caption says: \"No workers present at the time that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire started......So who is this guy dressed in Muslim garb??\"\\n\\nThe video post was flagged as part of Facebook\u2019s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)\\n\\nThe person in the picture isn\u2019t dressed in \"Muslim garb\" \u2014 the person is a firefighter.\\n\\nThe clip was plucked from CNBC\u2019s three-hour livestream of the fire and can be seen around the 42-minute mark.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Several false claims spread about the fire, including that it was intentional or terrorism-related. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as \"the forest.\" It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the Paris landmark, nothing was left of the intricate maze of medieval beams but charred black timbers that pierced the nave and transept as they fell to the cathedral floor, leaving a gaping, smoking hole.\\n\\nNow that charpente, as the framework supporting the roof is called, is being rebuilt as part of the effort to restore and reopen one of the world\\'s most famous churches by the end of 2024.\\n\\nAt Ateliers Perrault, a 250-year-old carpentry company in France\\'s Loire Valley \u2014 one of the two chosen to restore the roof \u2014 you don\\'t hear the whirring of electric saws. It\\'s the chopping of axes that resounds as craftsmen transform oak trees into long, rectangular beams by hand.\\n\\nThis company devotes itself to France\\'s historical buildings \u2014 some 48,000 of them \u2014 so its carpenters are used to working with traditional methods.\\n\\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"The framework supporting the roof of Notre Dame is being rebuilt.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","score":12,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":84,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":20,"article_b":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Weinstein issues an apology but disputes allegations he harassed female employees.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","score":14,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"At least nine powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","score":9,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","score":8,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":17,"article_b":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":20,"article_a":"\\n\\nThursday, March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day, but 2017 and 2018 could each arguably be called the year of women.\\n\\nThe groundbreaking anti-sexual assault and women\u2019s empowerment movements #MeToo and Time\u2019s Up upended the public conversation about women\u2019s issues around the world, and elevated the global consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter in their daily lives, both personal and professional.\\n\\nThe #MeToo movement has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for on Google in 196 countries in the past year. The culture shift has been palpable \u2014 for the first time ever, the world has been put on notice that these once-fledgling women\u2019s movements were not to be ignored. And people started to listen.\\n\\nTIME magazine named The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year, honoring not one individual, but all of the women involved \u2013 and the cause as a whole. By shining a light on the women whose efforts got the movement off the ground, TIME acknowledged the profound influence of women like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd on the year\u2019s news, and their unprecedented ability to enact rapid change.\\n\\nAlthough they overlap, there are distinct differences between the #MeToo and Time Up\u2019s organizations and the movements fueling their formation.\\n\\nTIME spoke to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Christy Haubegger, a Creative Artists Agency executive who helped start Time\u2019s Up, about what they see as the similarities and differences between their two organizations.\\n\\n\u201cThis is a movement that deals specifically with sexual violence,\u201d Burke said.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"#MeToo has become a worldwide phenomenon, searched for in 196 countries in the past year.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":83,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":64,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","score":7,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":22,"event_a":"Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York court.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":9,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"A wave of awareness and brave confrontations was created over sexual harassment and assault.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Matt Lauer fired from NBC over complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace\"","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the #MeToo hashtag.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\n\u201cThe Silence Breakers\u201d, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed on Wednesday to be Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year.\\n\\nThe announcement comes as many industries and power centers around the world are still reeling from an unprecedented reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse that came in the wake of the revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein in October.\\n\\nEven as the image of Time\u2019s cover spread across the internet, Weinstein faced a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday from six women and, separately, a group of female US legislators publicly demanded Senator Al Franken resign over accusations that he groped constituents and co-workers.\\n\\nTime\u2019s Person of the Year cover features Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee whose blog post about Silicon Valley sexism led to thedeparture of CEO Travis Kalanick; \u201cIsabel Pascual\u201d, a pseudonymous agricultural worker who has been stalked and harassed by her boss; and Adama Iwu, a corporate lobbyist who inspired dozens of women to expose sexual harassment in California\u2019s state capitol.\\n\\nThere was also Ashley Judd, who was among the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and Taylor Swift, who was celebrated for her testimony against a former DJ who she accused of groping. Just out of frame \u2013 only her arm is visible \u2013 is a hospital worker who wished to represent those who can\u2019t speak out.\\n\\nAmong the many women featured inside Time\u2019s story is Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement\u2019s creator.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Many of the reports of sexual assault related to people coming forward regarding past incidents","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Tarana Burke started the #MeToo hashtag 10 years ago","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":23,"event_a":"Weinstein's lawyer insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nA new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was \"railroaded\" by the #MeToo movement.\\n\\nWeinstein appeared in a New York court Thursday morning for a judge to approve newly retained lawyers Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis.\\n\\nThe long-time film producer faces five sexual misconduct charges involving the accusations of two women, but Rotunno insisted the relationships Weinstein had with his accusers were consensual.\\n\\nRotunno said the facts revealed to date do not represent the whole story.\\n\\n\u201cEmotion of this case has taken over,\u201d Rotunno told reporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThere is a truth you have not reported on.\u201d\\n\\nClaiming that Weinstein has been \u201crailroaded\u201d by #MeToo, Rotunno said that \u201cmovements allow emotion to take over.\u201d\\n\\nRotunno also said that, as a woman, she would be able to more effectively cross examine a female witness.\\n\\nShe added that she and Cheronis are \u201chonored to represent Mr Weinstein.\u201d\\n\\nWeinstein is on his third set of criminal defense attorneys. Earlier this year he let go celebrity attorney Benjamin Brafman and turned to Jose Baez, known for representing high-profile clients including Casey Anthony.\\n\\nBaez, however, said that he and Weinstein developed \"fundamental disagreements\" about his representation, and at Thursday\\'s court appearance Baez asked the judge for permission to leave the case.\\n\\nWeinstein\\'s new team of Rotunno and Cheronis are well-known criminal defense lawyers in Chicago, but have never tried a case in New York.\\n\\nWeinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial. ","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Weinstein has been free on $1 million bail pending trial.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine\\'s Person of the Year for 2017.\\n\\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement \"The Silence Breakers.\" Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\\n\\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by \"open secrets\" about abuse.\\n\\nThe movement\\'s empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program\\'s longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\\n\\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine\\'s cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"#MeToo movement named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\\n\\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\\n\\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\\n\\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\\n\\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\\n\\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\\n\\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\\n\\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"President Donald Trump was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 19 women and E. Jean Carroll, respectively.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\\n\\nWhen #MeToo exploded in the fall of 2017, its most optimistic promise was that it would become more than a hashtag, more than a brief interruption in America\\'s regularly scheduled sexism, more than a reckoning for famous men who had abused wealthy, white women.\\n\\nThere were front-page headlines, explosions of long-stifled rage and examinations of collective complicity. There was hope those two small words signaled the beginning of meaningful change and, eventually, healing \u2013  a belief the silence was finally broken. \\n\\nHas #MeToo delivered? \\n\\n\"People are paying more attention, but I\\'m not convinced that we\\'re able or ready to behave differently about it as a nation,\" said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.\\n\\nBrett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, ascended to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump, who has been accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct, was recently accused of rape by prominent writer E. Jean Carroll, and public reaction was muted. While Congress has overhauled the process for handling sexual harassment claims on Capitol Hill, it has not passed any legislation in the past two years to address sexual harassment in America\\'s workplaces. Thousands of migrant children who crossed the southern border into the U.S. have reported they were sexually assaulted while in government custody. \\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and ascended to the Supreme Court.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\\n\\nPresident Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the \u201crules of MeToo\u201d as the reason he wasn\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d to use an expression.\\n\\nWhen talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, \u201cPennsylvania hasn\u2019t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they\u2019re going to win Pennsylvania. \u2026 I used an expression \u2013 you know, there\u2019s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I\u2019m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cIt\u2019s the person that got away,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSee, in the old days, it was a little different,\u201d the President added, laughing as a rally attendee told him from the crowd to \u201cdo it anyway.\u201d\\n\\n\u201cI would do it, except for these people up there,\u201d Trump said, pointing at the cameras and press at the rally. \u201cThey would say, did you hear what President Trump said?\u201d\\n\\nHe continued, \u201cSo there is an expression, but we\u2019ll change the expression: Pennsylvania was always the person who got away, that\u2019s pretty good, right, the person that got away?\u201d\\n\\nIt\u2019s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\\n\\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\\n\\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he \"has caused a lot of pain\" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\\n\\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \\n\\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: \"What\\'s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\"\\n\\n- Weinstein\\'s former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\\n\\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\\n\\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\\n\\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\\n\\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"Weinstein was sentenced after a criminal conviction in New York in 2020.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":62,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":61,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Equifax's advice and support site looks to be a bogus, phishing-type site.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":10,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":18,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":10,"article_b":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"DHS CERT sent Equifax notice about vulnerability on March 8th.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":58,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Equifax failed to fix vulnerability within 48 hours.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":67,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":53,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":50,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Hackers took control of Equifax's website.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Equifax had an online portal where customers go to log issues with their credit reports.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eliminated that vulnerability. But Equifax's former CEO (who suddenly retired last week) told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a single IT technician was at fault for the whole thing after they failed to install the patch.\\n\\nWhile speaking to the committee (video below), former CEO Richard Smith outlined the company's normal procedure for new patches: Have a technician install it and then scan the system for any remaining vulnerabilities. Apparently, both the human and computer steps failed.\\n\\nAs Smith outlines in his written testimony (PDF), the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) sent Equifax (alongside many other companies) a notice on March 8th, 2017 about the vulnerability in certain versions of Apache Struts. Equifax sent out an internal mass-email, which should have required its internal IT team to fix the vulnerability within 48 hours, but that didn't happen. An automatic scan for vulnerabilities on March 15th also failed to indicate that Equifax was using a Struts version that had the vulnerability.\\n\\nBased on Equifax's postmortem investigations, the hacker that exploited this exact weakness likely first used it to pry into Equifax on May 13th, and then continued until July 30th, and Equifax's security tools were none the wiser.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Automatic scan on March 15th failed to detect vulnerability.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":34,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nIf you\\'re an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\\n\\nWho\\'s to blame?\\n\\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm\\'s source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\\n\\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\\n\\nIt\\'s also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\\n\\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\\n\\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it\\'s problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven\\'t noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax\\'s own data breach detector isn\\'t just useless: it\\'s untrustworthy.\\n\\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency\\'s advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: \"equifaxsecurity2017.com.\" That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\\n\\nEquifax\\'s technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Equifax was using the open-source server framework, Apache Struts.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":20,"event_b":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Cyber criminals accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":91,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":90,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":21,"event_b":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":96,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Equifax discovers the hack and stops the intrusion.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":22,"event_b":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":71,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":22,"event_a":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":23,"event_b":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nEquifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans \u2014 almost half the country.\\nCyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver\\'s licenses.\\n\\nAdditionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was \"personal identifying information\" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.\\n\\nThe breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.\\n\\nThe data breach is one of the worst ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public.\\n\\n\"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do,\" said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.\\n\\nEquifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.\\n\\nUnlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they\\'re customers of the company. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Equifax reports a massive cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Equifax is facing multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Equifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":60,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":6,"article_a":"\\n\\nFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is \"deeply sorry\" for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised.\\nSmith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September 8. He confirmed that the hack occurred due to \"human error and technology failures,\" according to prepared remarks posted on the committee\\'s website Monday.\\n\\n\"To each and every person affected by this breach, I am deeply sorry this occurred,\" said Smith, who will make his first of four appearances on Capitol Hill this week on the breach. \"The company failed to prevent sensitive information from falling into the hands of wrongdoers.\"\\n\\nThe former CEO announced his retirement last week from the credit reporting company.\\n\\nEquifax has come under fire for its handling of the huge cybersecurity breach. The company is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rate the financial history of U.S. consumers, gathering data from credit card companies, banks, retailers and lenders.\\n\\nIn his eight-page testimony, Smith outlined the chronology of events that lead to the breach, which allowed criminals to access personal information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver\\'s license numbers and credit card information.\\n\\nThe former CEO said hackers were able to infiltrate a software weakness in an online portal that allows consumers to dispute items on their credit report.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":22,"event_a":"Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes for the security breach.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":48,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":18,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe blows keep coming for Equifax (NYSE:EFX) as shares continue to tumble and the Federal Trade Commission announced plans to open an investigation into the credit reporting company Thursday after the company went public with its massive security breach last week, putting 143 million American\u2019s personal data at risk.\\n\\nIn case you missed all drama, here\u2019s a timeline of events, involving one of the biggest security breaches of all time.\\n\\nMid-May through July 2017 \u2013 This is the time frame in which Equifax says hackers gained unauthorized access to its data.\\n\\nThursday, July 29 \u2013 Equifax discovers the hack and immediately stopped the intrusion.\\n\\nTuesday, August 1 & Wednesday, August 2\u2013 Three top executives from Equifax sell nearly $2 million worth of company stock.\\n\\nThursday, September 7 \u2013 Equifax officially alerts the public about the cybersecurity incident and provides a dedicated website for consumers to check if they were affected. Later on that night, the company also issues a statement saying the three executives \u201chad no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares.\u201d\\n\\nFriday, September 8 \u2013Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tears into the company on social media for trying to push customers to give up their right to sue.\\n\\n\\n.@Equifax is forcing you to give up your right to join a class action against the company if you want their credit protection product. pic.twitter.com\/anu0SE58wg\\n\\n\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2017\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"Shares of Equifax shed more than 13% of their value in trading.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":10,"article_a":"\\n\\nVisa and MasterCard are issuing confidential alerts to financial institutions across the US, cautioning them that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised in the recent Equifax data breach, according to PYMNTS. \\n\\nCompromised information included card account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholders\u2019 names, all of which can be used to conduct fraud at online retailers and perform identity theft. Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016, but Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time \u2014 in May 2017 \u2014 exploiting the information of approximately 143 million US consumers.\\n\\nAs consumers increasingly use digital financial services, their information becomes more susceptible to fraud. This is the third cybersecurity incident for the agency since 2015. There were two prior data hacks in which cyber criminals stole tax and salary information from the Equifax website, according to The New York Times. At a time of rising breaches \u2014 in 2016, 15.4 million victims had their identities stolen, up 16% from the prior year \u2014 it's more important than ever for companies to assure consumers that their information is secure. This could include investing in higher security, such as blockchain technology, biometric authentication, or real-time alerts.\\n\\nDan Van Dyke, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service has written a detailed report that explores the digital payments ecosystem today, its growth drivers, and where the industry is headed.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"Visa and MasterCard claim that the breach initially occurred in November 2016","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\\n\\nFive years ago, a massive data breach occurred. On Sept. 7, 2017, the Equifax credit bureau publicly revealed its computer networks had suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, a number later raised to 147 million. That data included consumers\u2019 names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers \u2014 all of which could lead to identity fraud and other financial crimes.\\n\\nThe data breach, announced six weeks after it was discovered, rattled the financial services industry, the cybersecurity sector and, most notably, the millions of consumers who were affected. The Equifax data breach had a powerful impact:\\n\\nVictims of the breach will benefit from a $425 million settlement that\u2019s nearing its end.\\nFederal lawmakers have made minor changes related to data privacy.\\nEquifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.\\nFive years after Equifax disclosed the breach, we posed the question to financial experts: Is personal data collected by the three major credit bureaus any safer than it was in 2017?\\nThere\u2019s no such thing as \u201cbulletproof cybersecurity,\u201d says James Lee, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Even the most secure, most advanced cybersecurity measures can and do fail.\\n\\n\u201cThat said, there is nothing inherently insecure or risky about the data protection practices of the three major credit bureaus,\u201d says Lee.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":23,"event_a":"Equifax has spent $1.6 billion to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":19,"event_a":"Equifax's chief executive, Richard Smith, is retiring.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":20,"event_a":"Equifax's board of directors appointed Mark Feidler as the company's nonexecutive chairman.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\\nHow did it happen?\\n\\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\\n\\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver\\'s license numbers.\\n\\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it\\'s used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\\n\\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, \"identified and disclosed\" the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\\n\\nAnd the company\\'s security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\\n\\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\\n\\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it \"observed additional suspicious activity\" a day later to take the affected web application offline.\\n\\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\\n\\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe chief executive of Equifax is retiring, the company said Tuesday, just weeks after the troubled credit reporting agency disclosed that it had suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 143 million people.\\n\\nThe departure of Richard Smith comes as Equifax has drawn fire from countless consumers and dozens of federal lawmakers over its handling of the breach. Equifax announced earlier this month that hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive personal data \u2014 Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses \u2014 for nearly half of the country. The company also faces multiple federal investigations over its handling of the hack and reports that executives sold an unusual amount of stock before the breach was publicly disclosed.\\n\\nEquifax's board of directors appointed board member Mark Feidler to serve as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who led the company's Asia Pacific division, will become the interim chief executive.\\n\\n\u201cThe cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,\u201d Smith said in the statement. \u201cAt this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.\u201d\\n\\nSmith, 57, had been the chairman and chief executive since 2005, after spending 22 years at General Electric. During Smith's time at Equifax, the company\u2019s stock price had soared 200 percent, and its market value swelled from $3 billion to $20 billion. Smith also expanded the company\u2019s business into 24 countries.","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":21,"event_a":"Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. was appointed as the interim chief executive.","article_id_b":23,"article_b":"\\n\\nCash payments that were approved as part of Equifax\u2019s settlement over its 2017 data breach are now reaching consumers.\\n\\nThe money \u2014 which comes from a $425 million consumer restitution fund created as part of the settlement \u2014 began going out Dec. 19, according to Equifax, a credit-reporting firm. Depending on how you chose to receive your share in the claims process, you may receive a check, payment to your Paypal account or prepaid card via email from the settlement administrator.\\n\\n\u201cThis is the last step,\u201d said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert and president of The Ulzheimer Group. \u201cIt seems like it\u2019s taken forever, but for a large class action, this one moved kind of quickly \u2014 it\u2019s just taken forever for the administrative component to occur.\u201d\\n\\nIn the wake of Equifax\u2019s 2017 data breach, which compromised the personal information of more than 147 million consumers \u2014 including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers \u2014 the company became the target of multiple lawsuits and reached a settlement in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all U.S. states and territories.\\n\\nAs a result, consumers who were affected by the breach had the option of signing up for either up to $125 or free credit monitoring at all three of the largest credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.\\n\\nAfter implementation was delayed due to legal challenges, the settlement received final court approval early this year.\\n\\","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":24,"event_b":"The settlement received final court approval early this year.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":2,"event_b":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":3,"event_b":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":4,"event_b":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","score":65,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","score":87,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","score":66,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","score":55,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","score":23,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":70,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":57,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":24,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":4,"article_b":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":59,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":54,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":74,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":46,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":9,"article_b":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":11,"event_b":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":94,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":49,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":12,"event_b":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","score":11,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":76,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":51,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":56,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Sergei Roldugin, Putin\u2019s best friend, has been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":16,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":47,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":45,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":41,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","score":17,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":81,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":69,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":72,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":75,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":44,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","score":20,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":85,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":68,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":26,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":18,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":13,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":6,"event_a":"The records were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":78,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":39,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":31,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":29,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":7,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","score":27,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":73,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":43,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":42,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":37,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":36,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":32,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":18,"event_b":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","score":15,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\\n\\nOn Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a massive leak of documents, dubbed the Panama Papers. CNNMoney has you covered with what you need to know about the story and responses to it.\\n\\nICIJ and an international coalition of media outlets investigated the trove of papers, which allegedly reveal a clandestine network involving associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and business ties between a member of FIFA\u2019s ethics committee and men whom the United States has indicted for corruption.\\n\\nThe more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports that the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. ICIJ reports that a 2015 audit found that Mossack Fonseca knew the identities of the real owners of just 204 of 14,086 companies it had incorporated in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago often described as a tax haven.\\n\\nAnd as Gerard Ryle, the director of ICIJ, told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour: \u201cThese documents, if nothing else, raise an awful lot of questions.\u201d\\n\\nThe documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the Panama Papers.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"The documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":89,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":12,"event_a":"Documents revealed by the Panama Papers leak have implicated the new head of world football.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":40,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":22,"article_a":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":17,"event_a":"Panamanian lawyers closed the offshore law firm and had no control over how its clients may have used the offshores he created for them.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":38,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":14,"event_a":"The Justice Department is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":35,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":16,"article_a":"\\n\\nPakistan\u2019s supreme court has removed the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country\u2019s unstable political landscape.\\n\\nThe verdict by the five-member court caps a year of political controversy over corruption allegations unleashed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nThe governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said Sharif had stepped down immediately. The party must now choose an interim prime minister to be accepted by parliament.\\n\\nThe ruling will throw the governing party and the country at large into turmoil ahead of elections due next year.\\n\\nThe 10-year disqualification of Sharif cut short the third tenure of a man who has been a leading figure in Pakistani politics for nearly three decades since his first term from 1990 to 1993.\\n\\nIt is the most serious political ramification yet of the Panama Papers leak, which detailed financial dealings of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.\\n\\nThe papers linked Sharif\u2019s children to the purchase of London property through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in the early 1990s. At that time the children were minors, and the purchase is assumed to have been made by Sharif.\\n\\nLast year, Sharif told parliament that his family wealth had been acquired legally in the decades before he entered politics.\\n\\nHassan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst, said the judgment had been expected. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":18,"event_a":"Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court unanimously removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over corruption allegations.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":33,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\\n\\nIcelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed that his wife possesses a secret offshore account worth millions of dollars.\\n\\nThe money is housed in a shell corporation called Wintris, which had bought bonds in Icelandic banks. So when Iceland\\'s financial sector collapsed in 2008, Wintris became a creditor to those banks. In 2013, Gunnlaugsson became the prime minister, having run partly on a promise to get tougher with Iceland\\'s remaining foreign creditors.\\n\\nSo what Icelandic voters didn\\'t know when they elected him in 2013, but have learned with this week\\'s \"Panama Papers\" revelations, is that Gunnlaugsson\\'s own wife was secretly one of the creditors he\\'d promised to crack down on \u2014 an enormous and undisclosed conflict of interest.\\n\\nWhen the truth came out this week, it led to mass protests on Monday calling for Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation. He stepped down the next day.\\n\\nWhat happened in Iceland shows the political power of the Panama Papers, but it also shows the degree to which the political turmoil from the 2008 financial crisis is, in some ways, still ongoing in that country.\\n\\nWhat\\'s more, if Gunnlaugsson\\'s resignation leads Iceland to schedule new elections soon, that vote could end up empowering a radical political party called the Pirate Party, a left-libertarian amalgam that\\'s obsessed with transparency and direct democracy.\\n\\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":9,"event_a":"Mass protests on Monday called for Gunnlaugsson's resignation.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":30,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\\n\\nA network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin.\\n\\nAn unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin\u2019s close circle fabulously wealthy.\\n\\nThough the president\u2019s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern \u2013 his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.\\n\\nThe documents suggest Putin\u2019s family has benefited from this money \u2013 his friends\u2019 fortunes appear his to spend.\\n\\nThe files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.\\n\\nThe offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus \u2013 and includes a private ski resort where Putin\u2019s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.\\n\\nThe Panama Papers shine a particular spotlight on Sergei Roldugin, who is Putin\u2019s best friend. Roldugin introduced Putin to the woman he subsequently married, Lyudmila, and is godfather to Putin\u2019s older daughter, Maria.\\n\\nA professional musician, he has apparently accumulated a fortune \u2013 having been placed in ostensible control of a series of assets worth at least $100m, possibly more.\\n\\nRoldugin appears to have been picked for this role because of his lesser profile. He has denied in documents to bank officials in Switzerland and Luxembourg that he is close to any Russian public figures. ","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":11,"event_a":"Roldugin has denied that he is close to any Russian public figures.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":28,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":4,"article_a":"\\n\\nIceland\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.\\n\\nWhat was planned as a mass protest in Reykjavik on Tuesday evening turned to muted satisfaction as demonstrators vented their anger following revelations that Gunnlaugsson once owned \u2013 and his wife still owns \u2013 an offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland\u2019s failed banks.\\n\\n\u201cWe were hoping parliament would be dissolved,\u201d said Steingrimur Oli Einarsson, a fish oil trader, one of a few hundred to brave a freezing northeasterly wind on parliament square in downtown Reykjavik.\\n\\n\u201cOf course we\u2019re happy the prime minister has stepped down. But we are not satisfied with who is taking over from him, and with the fact that the government itself is still there.\u201d\\n\\nGunnlaugsson\u2019s office said in a statement that he was not resigning, but \u201chanding over the office of prime minister for an unspecified time\u201d to Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, the agriculture and fisheries minister.\\n\\nGunnlaugsson was \u201cvery proud\u201d of his success resurrecting Iceland\u2019s economy after the 2008 financial crisis, the statement said, and \u201cespecially proud of his government\u2019s handling of ... the creditors of the failed Icelandic banks\u201d.\\n\\nOutside parliament, Sigrin Eiroksdottir, a pre-school teacher, said the occasion \u201cdoesn\u2019t really feel like any kind of victory. There is so much still to put right in this country in terms of ethics, of how the world looks at us.\u201d\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":10,"event_a":"Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson steps down amid public outrage over his family's offshore investments.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":25,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\\n\\nWhat do they reveal?\\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\\n\\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\\n\\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\\n\\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":22,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\\n\\nReports published this week on the secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings of some of the world\u2019s top leaders and billionaires brought a powerful global response, including the resignation of one prime minister, while the White House and U.S. agencies reacted more cautiously.\\n\\nPresident Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents, which led to the reporting, on Tuesday during a press conference about business tax reform.\\n\\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally, is a huge problem,\u201d the president said. The president also noted in his remarks that the problem is not unique to other nations. \u201cThere are folks here in America who are taking advantage of the same stuff. A lot of it is legal, but that\u2019s exactly the problem,\u201d the president added. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re breaking the laws, it\u2019s that the laws are so poorly designed that they allow people, if they\u2019ve got enough lawyers and enough accountants, to wiggle out of responsibilities that ordinary citizens are having to abide by.\u201d\\n\\nThe Justice Department, which is investigating alleged corruption in the world\u2019s top soccer body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), said it may focus more on the financial dealings raised in the reporting based on the documents.\\n\\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":15,"event_a":"President Barack Obama addressed the massive leak of documents during a press conference about business tax reform.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"\\n\\nThe new head of world football has been caught up in the sport\u2019s corruption scandal because of documents that have been revealed by the Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nFiles seen by the Guardian will raise questions about the role Fifa\u2019s president, Gianni Infantino, played in deals that were concluded when he was director of legal services at Uefa, European football\u2019s governing body.\\n\\nAccording to records, Uefa concluded offshore deals with one of the indicted figures at the heart of an alleged \u201cWorld Cup of fraud\u201d despite previously insisting it had no dealings with any of them.\\n\\nThe emergence of the contracts from 2003 and 2006, which were co-signed by Infantino, link Uefa for the first time to one of the companies involved in the huge unfolding scandal that has brought down former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.\\n\\nUefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.\\n\\nIt said the contracts were all above board. Fifa has previously insisted Infantino had no dealings with any of the officials currently under investigation \u2013 or their companies. Infantino said he was \u201cdismayed\u201d by the reports and \u201cwill not accept that my integrity is being doubted\u201d.\\n\\nThe disclosures are based on the leak of 11m documents from the files of the offshore financial law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were obtained by S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the Guardian and other news organisations.\\n\\n","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":13,"event_a":"Uefa has denied any wrongdoing by any of its officials or any other marketing partner.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":21,"class":"C"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\\n\\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\\n\\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\\n\\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\\n\\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\\n\\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\\n\\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\\n\\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\\n\\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\\n\\n","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":16,"event_a":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","article_id_b":22,"article_b":"\\n\\nProsecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam that was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers leak.\\n\\nGerman-born J\u00fcrgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca are being sought by Cologne prosecutors on charges of accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, German public broadcasters NDR and WDR, as well as national newspaper the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Tuesday.\\n\\nCologne prosecutors confirmed that they had issued international arrest warrants for two people but declined to provide further information.\\n\\nThe 2016 Panama Papers leak included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents taken from law firm Mossack Fonscesca.\\n\\nThe documents showed how some of the world's richest people hid their money in shell corporations \u2014 some of which were used for illegal purposes.\\n\\nThe documents leak \u2014 initially to the SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) \u2013 had wide-reaching repercussions. Several country leaders stepped down following the revelations and others came under close scrutiny.\\n\\nUS federal prosecutors have also alleged that law firm Mossack Fonseca conspired to circumvent US law to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the Internal Revenue Service.\\n\\nHowever, Fonseca maintained the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients may have used offshore vehicles created for them.\\n\\nBoth Mossack and Fonseca have Panamanian citizenship, NDR reported. Panama does not extradite its own citizens so it is unclear whether either will ever be brought to Germany for trial.\\n\\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"Prosecutors in Germany have issued international arrest warrants for the cofounders of a Panama-based law firm.","score":19,"class":"D"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\n\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\n\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\n\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\n\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\n\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\n\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\n\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\n\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":9,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\n\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\n\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\n\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\n\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\n\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\n\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\n\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\n\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\n\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\n\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\n\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\n\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":3,"article_b":"\n\nIranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country's conservative dress code.\n\nThe semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police, who were holding her when she died.\n\nWitnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard, a central thoroughfare, chanting \"Death to the Dictator.\" They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.\n\nLate on Monday, Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area, and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.\n\nDozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions, where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.\n\nVideos circulating on social media meanwhile showed a third day of demonstrations in Kurdish cities in western Iran as well as the northern city of Rasht and a university in the central city of Isfahan. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.\n\nThe morality police detained the 22-year-old Amini last Tuesday for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.","score":97,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":22,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\n\nProtests have intensified this week in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Amini died on Sept. 16 three days after her arrest in Tehran, and many Iranians are alleging that she was killed by law enforcement. Protestors have faced a brutal crackdown from the government who have deployed riot police, resulting in arrests, injuries and at least 17 deaths, according to the state media.\n\nIranian authorities claim that Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protestors across Iran accuse the government of covering up her murder. The international protests have expanded to express anger over a range of issues, not just restrictions women face over hijabs and more generally in Iran but also against the current regime. At one Iranian protest, a street full of Iranians chanted \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader!\u201d\n\nMahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on Sept. 13 while visiting Tehran by the notorious morality police who enforce compulsory conservative Islamic behavior and dress. Hijabs are mandatory to wear in public for all women in Iran, regardless of religion or nationality. Amini was accused of violating the country\u2019s law on headscarves.\n\nIran\u2019s security forces said that upon her arrest, Amini was taken to a detention center where she received training on hijab rules, and it was there that she collapsed from a heart attack.","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Upon her arrest, she collapsed from a heart attack.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\n\nIranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\n\nThousands gathered near the grave of the Kurdish woman and clashed with security, 40 days since her death.\n\nA rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city.\n\nProtests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.\n\nShe had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.\n\nThere were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.\n\nOn Wednesday, security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province, in anticipation of fresh demonstrations on the 40th day of mourning for Ms Amini - a culturally significant occasion for Iranians.\n\nVideos showed thousands of mourners walking along a road, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the graveyard where Ms Amini is buried.\n\nThe crowds were heard shouting \"Woman, life, freedom\" and \"Death to the dictator\" - two of the signature chants of the protest movement - as well as \"Down with traitors\" and \"Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists\".\n\nIt was not clear whether members of Ms Amini's family were present.\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Protests swept across Iran.","score":93,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\n\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\n\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\n\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\n\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\n\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\n\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\n\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\n\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\n\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\n\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\n\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\n\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\n\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\n\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\n\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\n\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\n\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\n\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","score":98,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\n\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\n\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\n\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\n\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric blocking patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\n\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":13,"article_b":"\n\nStorms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.\n\nFirefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning [July 14]. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.\n\nHof county near the eastern border with the Czech Republic issued a disaster alert late Tuesday as basements filled with water, trees were uprooted and some areas lost power overnight. Germany\u2019s DWD weather service said the region saw 80 liters (more than 21 gallons) of rain per square meter in the space of 12 hours.\n\nIn Hagen, firefighters had to rescue several drivers whose vehicles had become stuck in a flooded underpass. Videos on social media showed streets in the western city knee-deep in water and others buried by landslides.\n\nResidents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.\n\nThe neighboring Netherlands and Belgium were also hit by flooding.\n\nWater authorities in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned that the heavy rainfall will turn streams into dangerously fast-flowing torrents and urged the public to stay away from them.\n\nBoat owners were advised to steer clear of the Maas river due to strong currents and debris being washed downstream.\n\n","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Residents in the nearby town of Erkrath were warned not to shower or use their washers as the sewage system was overloaded by rain.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\n\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\n\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\n\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\n\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric blocking patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\n\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\n\n\u201cIn some areas we have not seen this much rainfall in 100 years,\u201d Andreas Friedrich, a German weather service spokesman, told CNN. He added that \u201cin some areas we\u2019ve seen more than double the amount of rainfall which has caused flooding and unfortunately some building structures to collapse.\u201d\n\nShocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed entire villages underwater, with cars wedged in between collapsed buildings and debris. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have also been affected by the extreme rainfall.\n\nIn Germany, at least 105 people have been killed across two western states. In the hard-hit district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, authorities told CNN that 1,300 people remained unaccounted for.\n\n\u201cThere is no end in sight just yet,\u201d Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz, told CNN. He said that authorities are hopeful that they will be able to revise down the number of missing people as the rescue operation continues and phone lines are restored.\n\n\u201dOur hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times \u2013 if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing,\u201d Sopart said.\n\n\u201dAlso, [in] some places phone lines are still down and reception is difficult. We do hope that people will get in touch with a relative, work colleague or friend to let them know they are fine,\u201d he said.\n\nA dam along the river Rur in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia broke Friday night, according to the regional government. ","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"1,300 people remain unaccounted for in the district of Ahrweiler.","score":77,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\n\nCommunities in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands are reeling after extreme July rainfall swamped parts of Western Europe. Some of the worst-hit areas saw as much as two months of rain within 24 hours\u2014enough to break precipitation records, push rivers to new heights, and trigger devastating flash floods.\n\nNighttime downpours on July 14-15, 2021, proved especially damaging. Many people were asleep when the most intense rain fell, and they were caught off guard as rivers raged, dams failed, and floodwaters inundated homes. News media estimated that 196 people were killed by flooding and thousands more were injured. Hundreds of people are still listed as missing.\n\nOn July 18, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of flooding along the Meuse and Roer rivers. As water levels rose, nearly 5,000 people were forced to evacuate from Roermond, a city in The Netherlands near the border with Germany. A dam breach on the Roer contributed to the extensive flooding.\n\nWhile it will take some time for experts to analyze whether this event was influenced by human-caused global warming, scientists have amassed data showing that warming has led to more intense and frequent downpours in many parts of the world. Some researchers and meteorologists have also suggested that warming may be changing the jet stream in ways that make atmospheric blocking patterns\u2014like the one that prolonged these downpours\u2014more likely.\n\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Human-caused global warming and climate change occur worldwide.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\n\nRelief operations in central Europe and in China\u2019s Henan province remain in full swing as authorities assess major damage to infrastructure and their economies following record rain-induced flooding last month. Fatalities exceed 200 in Germany and Belgium, with about 63 reported dead in China.\n\nGermany's federal government on July 21 approved a package of emergency flood aid, adding to what will be a $471.6 million initial boost as western regions reel from days of flash flooding along borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, with the regional death toll over 200 and transportation and other infrastructure sustaining heavy damage in some areas.\n\nThe floods follow hard and constant mid-month rains, leading small regional rivers to burst their banks, including the Ahr, Meuse, Maas and Wupper. While the key Rhine River also rose, causing disruption in shipping, most damage seems to have come from smaller rivers and tributaries.\n\nThe initial German aid package is meant to cover immediate damage to buildings and local infrastructure and to help citizens in crisis situations, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz calling the floods a \u201cdisaster of national proportions.\u201d\n\nAccording to Germany's government-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn, more than 50 bridges, 180 level crossings, 40 signal boxes, more than 1,000 electric and signal masts, as well as energy and lighting systems and station elevators were damaged.\n\n\u201cNever before has our infrastructure been destroyed to this extent in one go,\u201d Volker Hentschel, a board member of its infrastructure division, told the Associated Press, with an initial $1.5-billion damage estimate.","event_id_b":2,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"Germany's federal government approved a package of emergency flood aid to help western regions recover from the flooding.","score":52,"class":"B"}
{"topic_id":27,"article_id_a":19,"article_a":"\n\nMore than 50 people have died and dozens more were missing on Thursday, as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.\n\nRecent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn\u2019t absorb any more water.\n\n\u201cI grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know the number. But it will be many.\u201d\n\nShe pledged that everything would be done to find those still missing, adding, \u201c\u2019Heavy rain and flooding\u2019 doesn\u2019t capture what happened.\u201d\n\nAuthorities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state said at least 30 people had died, while 19 deaths were reported in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Belgian media reported eight deaths in that country.\n\nAmong the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, where several homes collapsed and dozens of people remained unaccounted for.\n\nRescue operations were hampered by blocked roads and phone and internet outages across the Eifel, a volcanic region of rolling hills and small valleys. Some villages were reduced to rubble, as old brick and timber houses couldn\u2019t withstand the sudden rush of water, often carrying trees and other debris as it gushed through narrow streets.\n\nKarl-Heinz Grimm, who had come to help his parents in Schuld, said he had never seen the small Ahr River surge in such a deadly torrent.\n\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Heavy flooding happened in Germany.","article_id_b":12,"article_b":"\n\nA week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.\n\nThe death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.\n\nIn Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.\n\nGermany\u2019s federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.  \n\nThe vice president of Germany\u2019s federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told CNN Thursday that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.\n\n\u201cThe search for missing people continues to move forward, but due to the damage scenario and the time that has now passed, there is little hope that missing people will be found at this time,\u201d Lackner said in a statement. \n\nIn the city of Koblenz, in the badly hit western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, police said at least 125 people were now confirmed to have died. \u201dThere are still 155 people unaccounted for,\u201d police spokeswoman Verena Scheurer told CNN Thursday, adding that \u201ctherefore, we presume at this stage that the number of deaths could still rise\"","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":17,"event_b":"Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":17,"article_a":"\n\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest\u2014generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil\u2019s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year\u2014more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the \u201cmost active fire year in that region since 2010.\u201d The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor\u2019s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\n\n1. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\n\n2. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\n\n3. A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n\n","event_id_a":2,"event_order_a":5,"event_a":"Farmers and ranchers want to clear fields and open up land for grazing.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\n\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\n\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\n\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\n\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\n\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":53,"article_id_a":3,"article_a":"\n\nFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.\n\nThat's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the agency, there have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year \u2014 most of which erupted in the Amazon. That represents an astonishing leap of more than 80% over last year and by far the most that the agency has recorded since it began compiling this data in 2013.\n\nAbout half those fires, or nearly 36,000 of them, have ignited in just the past month. That's nearly as many as in all of 2018. Smoke from the fires has darkened the skies over major Brazilian cities, such as S\u00e3o Paulo.\n\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled unconcern about the situation. The far-right leader, who took office in January, has repeatedly lambasted Brazil's environmental regulations as an impediment to economic development, and under his tenure environmental agencies have seen diminished staff and funding. That includes INPE itself, whose leader, Ricardo Magnus Os\u00f3rio Galv\u00e3o, was canned this month because \u2014 according to Galv\u00e3o \u2014 he questioned how Bolsonaro was using his agency's data.\n\nAsked about the fires by local media, Bolsonaro baselessly suggested that nongovernmental organizations have been setting the fires themselves as retaliation for the scaling back of Brazil's usual funding support for them. ","event_id_a":3,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"The Brazilian President has scaled back environmental regulations and funding for environmental agencies.","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\n\nInternational pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a \u201csuicide\u201d path in the Amazon, one of the country\u2019s most respected scientists has said, as the world\u2019s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.\n\nThe large number of conflagrations \u2013 set illegally to clear and prepare land for crops, cattle and property speculation \u2013 has prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency, created giant smoke clouds that have drifted hundreds of miles, and sparked international concerns about the destruction of an essential carbon sink.\n\n\u201cOur house is burning,\u201d tweeted the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called for emergency talks on the subject at this week\u2019s G7 summit. But the response to the crisis has been mixed: while Norway and Germany have halted donations to the Brazilian government\u2019s Amazon fund, the EU has recently signed a trade deal with South America, and the UK spent this week focusing on post-Brexit business with Brazil.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK trade minister Conor Burns was shaking hands with his counterparts in Brasilia and declaring a desire to \u201cdeepen relations\u201d. Asked about the fires, he declined to comment but reportedly said Bolsonaro\u2019s government had \u201clegitimate ambitions to bring prosperity to its people\u201d.\n\nScientists say the ongoing destruction will have dire consequences for Brazil and the world.\n\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":6,"event_b":"Thousands of deliberate fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest.","score":95,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\n\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":11,"article_b":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\n\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":5,"event_b":"Police in Paris confirmed the fire.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\n\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"A fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was brought under control by firefighters in the early hours of Tuesday morning, though officials warned there were still residual fires to put out.\n\nThousands of Parisians watched in horror from behind police cordons as a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday night, destroying its spire and a large part of the roof.\n\nAn investigation has been opened by the prosecutor\u2019s office, but police said it began accidentally and may be linked to building work at the cathedral. The 850-year-old gothic masterpiece had been undergoing restoration work.\n\nThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, attended the scene and later gave a speech in which he vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt, as fire crews said the landmark\u2019s rectangular bell towers and structure of the building had been saved.\nMacron said \u201cthe worst had been avoided\u201d thanks to hundreds of brave firefighters who battled for hours and who would continue working through the night. One firefighter was severely injured but no other casualties were reported.\n\n\u201cWhat happened tonight in Paris, in this cathedral, is a terrible event,\u201d the president said, vowing to raise funds worldwide and bring the best talents from around the world to reconstruct the building in its entirety.\n\n\u201cNotre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives ... So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.\u201d","event_id_b":5,"event_order_b":7,"event_b":"Firefighters battle for hours, one severely injured, no other casualties.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\n\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the world's most famous churches, erupted in flames Monday in Paris, losing its spire but remaining otherwise largely intact after firefighters worked through the night to contain the fire.\n\nThe commander of the Paris firefighter brigade, Jean-Claude Gallet, said Monday night that the cathedral's main structure and two towers of the cathedral had been saved. Firefighters said they had contained the flames by early morning local time, and the fire was entirely out by midmorning, Gallet confirmed to NPR.\n\n\nFlames leaped through the roof and dark smoke billowed into the sky on Monday afternoon. Observers gasped as the spire fell. The roof collapsed shortly afterward.\n\n\"Pray,\" Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit wrote. \"If you wish, you can ring the bells of your churches to invite prayer.\"\n\nAs night fell on Paris and the fire continued to burn, people knelt and sang Ave Maria as they watched the blaze.\n\nOnly one firefighter was reported to be seriously injured.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron said, \"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche\" and pledged that the iconic cathedral will be rebuilt.\n\n\"Let's be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we've built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I solemnly say tonight: We will rebuild it together.\"\nThe fire broke out during Holy Week for the world's Roman Catholics. At least four Masses a day take place at the cathedral.","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Observers sang Ave Maria as they watched the blaze.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\n\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":1,"article_b":"\nThe devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.\n\nBy Tuesday, for example, the website of former Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on a whole group of people, running a headline that reads: \u201cMuslim Ties to Notre Dame Fire.\u201d\n\nWe could find no credible sources to support the incendiary suggestion that Muslims were responsible.\n\nThe French government said in a press release Tuesday the cause of the fire remained unknown, and Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that investigators were currently eyeing it as an accident.\n\nThe article on Jackson\u2019s site, however, advances the unsupported idea of a \u201cMuslim attack\u201d through paragraphs of innuendo, not fact.\n\n\u201cWas this a true accident? Or is someone trying to send Christians a message?\u201d the article on theblacksphere.net reads. \u201cMany people speculate this is a Muslim attack on Christianity. In 2016, a car parked outside Notre Dame was discovered. It contained full gas tanks and documents written in Arabic. Therefore, authorities were well-aware of the threats posed against Notre Dame.\u201d\n\nBut there is no evidence tying that 2016 episode with this week\u2019s fire, as some news outlets worked to make clear. The U.K.\u2019s Telegraph, which covered the 2016 incident at the time, affixed an update to its story indicating: \u201cThis story is from 2016 and unrelated to the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15 2019.\u201d\n\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":10,"event_b":"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris suffered a devastating fire.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":59,"article_id_a":11,"article_a":"At 6:20 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) on Monday, a fire alarm rang out, interrupting mass. Security guards started to evacuate the cathedral even though they did not see any sign of a fire, a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade told CNN.\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Lochet, a 70-year-old worshiper, said the congregation had just begun the Universal Prayer when the siren sounded. He said visitors were ushered out but those gathered for mass remained in place. Lochet said mass continued until a police officer went up and told the priest: \u201cThis is no joke. You\u2019ve got to get out.\u201d\nTwenty-three minutes later, at 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. ET), a second alarm blared and the fire was visible at that point, the fire department said.\nAround 400 firefighters were deployed to the scene but were delayed slightly by rush hour traffic.\nPolice in Paris confirmed a fire had taken hold at Notre Dame and asked the public to avoid the area in a tweet sent at 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. ET). A minute later, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo posted a tweet saying \u201ca terrible fire is underway\u201d with photographs taken outside the church: one of smoke billowing from near the spire and over the towers, and a second showing the fire department responders working at the scene.\n\nShortly before 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), the cathedral\u2019s famed spire burned to a blackened shell before finally toppling, as thousands of Parisians who had gathered in the streets watched in horror. ","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"Fire visible at 6:43 p.m. and 400 firefighters deployed to the scene.","article_id_b":19,"article_b":"A little over three months after Paris' Notre Dame caught fire, French officials say the cathedral is still in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized. Ultimately, they aim to restore the monument, a process that will take years.\n\nWhen that work begins, there will be a new demand for experts who have the same skills required to build Notre Dame 900 years ago. In the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from the cathedral, young stone carvers are training for that task.\n\nIn an airy and light-filled workshop in the north of Paris, a handful of students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone. Each works on his or her own piece, but all are sculpting the same project: the base of a Corinthian column. The students are earning a professional degree to hew the stone pieces needed to maintain and restore France's historical monuments.\n\nEvery year, about 30 new stonemasons graduate either with this degree, the professional license in stone carving for historic monuments, or a less advanced diploma in stone carving.\n\nFran\u00e7ois Menut is one of the students working toward the professional license.\n\n\"I've always been passionate about drawing and art history, but I also wanted a job that was physical,\" says Menut.\"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society.\"","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":19,"event_b":"The cathedral is in a precarious state and needs to be stabilized.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":90,"article_id_a":9,"article_a":"\n\nIf you're an American with a credit history -- and at least 143 million are -- you probably already know your Equifax data, including at least your name, social security number, birthdate, and home address, may have been stolen.\n\nWho's to blame?\n\nAccording to an unsubstantiated report by equity research firm Baird, citing no evidence, the blame falls on the open-source server framework, Apache Struts. The firm's source, per one report, is believed to be Equifax.\n\nApache Struts is a popular open-source software programming Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for Java. It is not, as some headlines have had it, a vendor software program.\n\nIt's also not proven that Struts was the source of the hole the hackers drove through.\n\nIn fact, several headlines -- some of which have since been retracted -- all source a single quote by a non-technical analyst from an Equifax source.\n\nNot only is that troubling journalistically, it's problematic from a technical point of view. In case you haven't noticed, Equifax appears to be utterly and completely clueless about their own technology. Equifax's own data breach detector isn't just useless: it's untrustworthy.\n\nAdding insult to injury, the credit agency's advice and support site looks, at first glance, to be a bogus, phishing-type site: equifaxsecurity2017.com. That domain name screams fake. And what does it ask for if you go there? The last six figures of your social security number and last name. In other words, exactly the kind of information a hacker might ask for.\n\nEquifax's technical expertise, it has been shown, is less than acceptable.\n\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Equifax's technical expertise has been shown to be less than acceptable.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\n\nHackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers.\nHow did it happen?\n\nMuch is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware of the security flaw a full two months before the company says hackers first gained accessed to its data.\n\nSome of the information hackers had access to includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver's license numbers.\n\nThe tool is called Apache Struts, and it's used by many large businesses and government organizations. Equifax used it to support its online dispute portal -- where Equifax (EFX) customers go to log issues with their credit reports. The flaw allowed hackers to take control of a website.\n\nA cybersecurity arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, identified and disclosed the Apache Struts flaw in March, Equifax said in a statement.\n\nAnd the company's security department \"was aware of this vulnerability at that time, and took efforts to identify and to patch any vulnerable systems.\"\n\nYet, according to the company, hackers exploited the flaw months later.\n\nEquifax has said it discovered the data breach on July 29. On Friday, it said it waited until it observed additional suspicious activity a day later to take the affected web application offline.\n\nAnd on August 2 Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":14,"event_b":"Equifax contacted Mandiant, a professional cybersecurity firm, to help the company assess what data had been compromised.","score":86,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":108,"article_id_a":1,"article_a":"\n\nThe Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners, including the Guardian and the BBC.\n\nWhat do they reveal?\nThe documents show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.\n\nA $2bn trail leads all the way to Vladimir Putin. The Russian president\u2019s best friend \u2013 a cellist called Sergei Roldugin \u2013 is at the centre of a scheme in which money from Russian state banks is hidden offshore. Some of it ends up in a ski resort where in 2013 Putin\u2019s daughter Katerina got married.\n\nAmong national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt\u2019s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Gunnlaugsson.\n\nAn offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. ","event_id_a":1,"event_order_a":4,"event_a":"11.5 million files were leaked from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\n\nDavid Cameron has finally admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.\n\nAfter three days of stalling and four partial statements issued by Downing Street he confessed that he owned shares in the tax haven fund, which he sold for \u00a331,500 just before becoming prime minister in 2010.\n\nIn a specially arranged interview with ITV News\u2019 Robert Peston he confirmed a direct link to his father\u2019s UK-tax avoiding fund, details of which were exposed in the Panama Papers revelations in the Guardian this week.\n\nAdmitting it had been \u201ca difficult few days\u201d, the prime minister said he held the shares together with his wife, Samantha, from 1997 and during his time as leader of the opposition. They were sold in January 2010 for a profit of \u00a319,000.\n\nHe paid income tax on the dividends but there was no capital gains tax payable and he said he sold up before entering Downing Street \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t want anyone to say you have other agendas or vested interests\u201d.\n\nBut the interview appeared unlikely to end scrutiny of Cameron\u2019s tax affairs.\n\nThe Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said the prime minister should resign, claiming that Cameron had \u201ccovered up and misled\u201d.\n\nCameron also admitted he did not know whether the \u00a3300,000 he inherited from his father had benefited from tax haven status due to part of his estate being based in a unit trust in Jersey.\n\n","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"David Cameron admits to owning shares in a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":35,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\n\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\n\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\n\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\n\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\n\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\n\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\n\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\n\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\n\n","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":3,"event_a":"In 2021, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021 than bitcoin.","article_id_b":8,"article_b":"\n\nIn this article, BeInCrypto takes a look at previous bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price movement cycles. The purpose is to try and determine if there is a significant difference in volatility between the two.\n\n While the 2017-2020 movements have been relatively similar, ETH has increased at a much faster rate in 2021.\n\nBetween 2017 and 2020, the movement has been relatively similar for both assets.\n\nMeasuring from the all-time high of early 2018, BTC corrected for a 363 day period, losing 84% of its value in the process. On the other hand, ETH corrected for 336 days, losing 94% of its value. Therefore, while the ETH correction was sharper and lasted for a shorter period of time, there was not a pronounced difference between the two.\n\nFollowing this, BTC increased by 330% in 191 days, while ETH moved upwards by 290% in 197 days. This somewhat made up for the difference from the sharper ETH fall preceding this upward movement.\n\nFinally, BTC decreased by 71.50% in 261 days leading up to the March 2020 bottom, while ETH decreased by 66.50% in 259 days, with very similar rates of decrease.\n\nUnlike the 2017-2020 period, there is a significant difference in the movement of both assets in 2021.\n\nMeasuring from the March 2020 bottom, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days. While this is a formidable rate of increase, ETH more than doubled it by increasing 3,620% in 430 days.\n\n","event_id_b":6,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"In 2021, BTC increased by 1,520% in 398 days, while ETH increased by 3,620% in 430 days.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":21,"article_a":"\n\nNovember 8, 2016: Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his presidency, he appointed three conservative judges to the court - Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 solidifying a conservative majority.\n\nJune 27, 2016: In its strongest defense of abortion rights in 25 years, the court strikes down Texas rules forcing clinics to meet hospital-like standards and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.\n\nDecember 1, 2021: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was brought to the Supreme Court, a case dealing with a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Upholding Mississippi's ban would mean overturning Roe.\n\nMay 2, 2022: A Politico report details a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. The news set off protests and rallies across the country.\n\nJune 24, 2022: The court ruled 6-3 to uphold Mississippi's law, with the decision to overturn Roe a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the conservative justices in the decision to uphold Mississippi's law, but urged a concurring opinion concerning Roe. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the nation.\n\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"May 2, 2022: Politico report details leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.","article_id_b":16,"article_b":"\n\nThe Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday. This decision will mean laws further restricting abortion care and services will go into effect in many states. Following May's leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion in which the justices appear ready to overturn Roe, we asked you what questions you had for our experts about abortion care and access in the U.S.\n\nMany of you wrote in wanting to know more about the impact this decision could have on hospitals, in vitro fertilization, and care for miscarriages. To answer those questions, we reached out to Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN and family planning doctor, who is also the board chair for Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NPR health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.\n\nMiscarriage care is definitely going to be impacted \u2014 it's already happening in Texas.\n\nA lot of times people think about miscarriage as something that's spontaneous, that somebody has no control over. That can be true, but it can also be something that people have to make decisions about. The standard of care for treating a miscarriage is the same as the standard of care for providing an abortion.\n\nThe way that can play out is if somebody has a miscarriage and they need to take medication to empty the uterus so they're not at risk of infection, that same medication is what's used for medication abortion. There have already been a lot of reports of pharmacists in Texas not filling those prescriptions for people who are suffering miscarriages.\n\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"Miscarriage care already being impacted in Texas.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":21,"article_id_a":5,"article_a":"\n\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and flip-flopping after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\n\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy, and he called the decision to overturn it a tragic error and the realization of an extreme ideology.\n\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden's very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\n\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982... and the caption Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\n\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\n\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is True.\n\n","event_id_a":5,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Biden did vote in favor of effectively overturning Roe in 1982, but voted against an identical proposal one year later.","article_id_b":5,"article_b":"\n\nIn the summer of 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden faced allegations of hypocrisy and flip-flopping after he strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal constitutional protections for abortion access.\n\nSpeaking on June 24, Biden described Roe as the correct decision as a matter of constitutional law, an application of the fundamental right to privacy and liberty in matters of family and personal autonomy, and he called the decision to overturn it a tragic error and the realization of an extreme ideology.\n\nHowever, many observers \u2014 both to the left and right of Biden on the ideological spectrum \u2014 contrasted such remarks, in 2022, with what they presented as Biden's very different stance on the abortion rights landmark, four decades ago.\n\nOn June 24, one Facebook user published a viral post which contained a screenshot of an article by the London Independent, with the headline Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982... and the caption Wonder how those protesting the Supreme Court decision feel about this. Chances are they are the same people that voted for Biden.\n\nIn recent years, the same core claim \u2014 that Biden once voted in favor of effectively overturning Roe and returning abortion policy to the states and the U.S. Congress \u2014 has featured in news articles by the The New York Times, Fox News, and the New York Post.\n\nThat claim is accurate, although Biden did vote against an identical proposal just one year later. Our rating is True.\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":16,"event_b":"A viral Facebook post claimed that Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":11,"article_id_a":8,"article_a":"\n\nMore than 125 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories on Monday evening as a dangerous heat wave that began in the Southwest covers more real estate in the Central and Southern U.S.\n\nThe big picture: The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that a dangerous combination of heat and humidity will affect the majority of the lower 48 states before the week is over, and there are few signs the heat will abate after that.\n\nAll of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana are under heat warnings plus parts of at least a dozen other states.\nThe heat wave is courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or heat dome, that is slowly moving east across the Central U.S.\nThe heat dome is likely to shift eastward during the first part of the week, but then careen back west in a see-saw pattern, setting up hotter conditions again for the Upper Plains and Central states later in the week.\nClimate change is causing heat waves such as this one to be more severe, frequent and longer-lasting than just a few decades ago.\n\nWhy it matters: Heat waves are the deadliest type of severe weather hazard in the U.S., and they especially target low-income residents who may lack access to air conditioning. They are also particularly dangerous for outdoor workers.\n\nThreat level: As of Monday morning, heat watches, advisories and warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to Texas, extending north into Wisconsin and Minnesota and south to the Gulf Coast.\n\n","event_id_a":6,"event_order_a":1,"event_a":"Climate change is happening wolrdwide. ","article_id_b":6,"article_b":"\n\nHundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.\n\nMore than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.\n\nWhile temperatures dipped a little in Portugal, they were still expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places, with five districts on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters tackling 17 wildfires, authorities said.\n\nIn Spain, a new wildfire broke out in the south of the country after blazes in the west in the past week.\n\nMore than 400 people were evacuated from the hills of Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists in the province of Malaga. Beachgoers in Torremolinos, some 20 km away, could see plumes of smoke rising above the hotels lining the coast.\n\nMeanwhile, the worst drought in over 70 years reduced Italy's longest river, the Po, to little more than a trickle in places, with temperatures expected to rise next week.\n\nOfficials are worried about the effects on people's health and on healthcare systems already challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic as the searing heat sweeps the continent, with warnings issued for worse to come in Britain in particular.\n\nThe World Meteorological Organization said the heatwave would worsen air quality, especially in towns and cities.\n\n","event_id_b":3,"event_order_b":13,"event_b":"A new wildfire broke out in the south of Spain.","score":82,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\n\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.\n\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement The Silence Breakers. Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\n\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by open secrets about abuse.\n\nThe movement's empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program's longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\n\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine's cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\n\n","event_id_a":4,"event_order_a":7,"event_a":"Actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo","article_id_b":2,"article_b":"\n\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.\n\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement The Silence Breakers. Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\n\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by open secrets about abuse.\n\nThe movement's empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program's longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\n\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine's cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\n\n","event_id_b":8,"event_order_b":8,"event_b":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","score":88,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":2,"article_a":"\n\nIt has created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process. And now the #MeToo movement has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2017.\n\nOn its cover, Time called the people behind the movement The Silence Breakers. Its story features women and men who have spoken out \u2014 including activist Tarana Burke, who started the hashtag 10 years ago.\n\n#MeToo rose to prominence as a social media campaign in the wake of high-profile accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. After actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag, thousands of women began sharing their stories about the pervasive damage wrought by sexual harassment and by open secrets about abuse.\n\nThe movement's empowering reach could be seen in the platform on which Time announced its choice: the Today show. It was just one week ago that NBC fired the morning program's longtime and powerful co-host, Matt Lauer, over a detailed complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\n\nWhile the most high-profile #MeToo stories have come from women and men who work in the movies and media, the Time article also features women who work hourly jobs, some of whom want to remain anonymous. The magazine's cover portrait includes strawberry picker Isabel Pascual, lobbyist Adama Iwu and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler along with Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift.\n\n","event_id_a":8,"event_order_a":8,"event_a":"Thousands of women shared their stories.","article_id_b":14,"article_b":"\n\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\n\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\n\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\n\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\n\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\n\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\n\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_b":1,"event_order_b":9,"event_b":"#MeToo went viral two weeks ago","score":92,"class":"A"}
{"topic_id":66,"article_id_a":14,"article_a":"\n\nIt\u2019s the hashtag that rocked the world.\n\nSince #MeToo went viral two weeks ago in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter reports that more than 1.7 million women and men have used the hashtag in 85 countries.\n\nIn Italy, women rallied behind a version called #QuellaVoltaChe, which translates to \u201cThat time when,\u201d while French women decided to out their harassers by name under #BalanceTonPorc, which roughly translates to \u201csnitch out your pig.\u201d\n\nAt least nine well-known powerful men have been accused of various forms of sexual assault, including former President George H.W. Bush, Hollywood producer James Toback and journalist and author Mark Halperin. And just last week, California Rep. Jackie Speier launched #MeTooCongress, asking Washington staffers to share their stories on harassment on the Hill.\n\nBut can a hashtag, a meme or any viral moment \u2013 no matter how widespread \u2013 really turn into a lasting movement that that will create social change and reduce sexual abuse of women?\n\nMaybe. But experts say it\u2019s going to take a coordinated effort between antiviolence organizations, the media and Hollywood as well as concrete actions from each and every one of us, especially men.\n\n\u201cI am really tired of talking about women,\u201d said Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Association of Women. \u201cWe must focus on the men. We must be demanding that the men step forward and take responsibility, whether they think they are the good guy or not.","event_id_a":7,"event_order_a":2,"event_a":"Producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment. ","article_id_b":21,"article_b":"\n\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\n\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\n\n- Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he has caused a lot of pain - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades.\n\n- It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect. \n\n- The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: What's at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.\n\n- Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.\n\n- Weinstein faces fresh sexual assault charges in New York from a third woman, in a case dating back to 2006.\n\n- After five days of deliberation, the jury finds Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.\n\n- Weinstein goes on trial in LA, facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims.\n\n- Weinstein is found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.\n","event_id_b":4,"event_order_b":15,"event_b":"Weinstein's former company files for bankruptcy.","score":98,"class":"A"}